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JAMMU: In a petition filed by a bunch of petitioners seeking directions to respondents to make upper age-limit as 33 years for direct recruitment to 1,200 posts of Sub Inspectors in J&K Police, advertised by Service Selection Board, vide notification no. SSB/Secy/2021/7926-42 dated November 24, 2021 instead of 30 years, as January 1, 2021, a Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (ACT) comprising Rakesh Sagar Jain and Anand Mathur after hearing Sr. Adv Abhinav Sharma for petitioners, directed respondents that the application forms of the applicants be accepted provided last date for accepting the forms, as per submission of counsel for applicants, is December 18, 2021 and thereafter applicants be permitted to participate in selection process at their own cost and risk. Directing that result of the applicants shall not be declared till further orders from Tribunal, the CAT asked the AAG to file objections within two weeks.
During course of hearing Sr. Adv Abhinav Sharma seeking direction for Declaring Rule 176 (1) (c) of Jammu and Kashmir Police Rules, 1960 to the extent it provides minimum of 18 years and maximum of 28 years age, as on January 1 of the year in which notification inviting applications is issued by J&K SSRB for recruitment /selection to the post of Sub-Inspectors, as ultra-vires to Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and also declaring S.O. 420 dated 10.12.2021 issued by respondent no. 1 in exercise of powers conferred by Third proviso to sub rule (1) of Rules 176 of Jammu and Kashmir Police Rules, 1960, whereby and where under the upper age limit for direct recruitment to the 1200 posts of Sub Inspectors in Jammu and Kashmir Police, advertised by J&K SSRB, vide notification no. SSB/Secy/2021 /7926-42 dated 24.11.2021 as 30 years, instead of 33 years as ultra-vires to Article 14 & 16 of Constitution of India.
Sr. Adv Abhinav Sharma also sought direction to the respondents to prescribed minimum and maximum age for recruitment to post of Sub Inspectors in J&K Police as 21 years and 32 years respectively as on January 1 of the year in which notification inviting applications is issued by J&KSSRB and to provide upper age limit as 33 years for direct recruitment to 1,200 posts of Sub Inspectors in J&K Police.