C.A. No. 015150 / 2017

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Where a State Cabinet approves a welfare policy — such as rehabilitation of victims of terrorism — and makes appointments pursuant thereto with relaxation of recruitment rules within permissible rule-provisions, a subordinate executive officer cannot unilaterally rescind such appointments on procedural grounds. As analysed on casestatus.in, the Article 16 mandate of equal opportunity in public employment admits exceptions for State-sanctioned rehabilitative appointments made on a class basis with qualifying criteria. Monetary compensation may substitute reinstatement where efflux of time renders the latter impractical.