The order of the single judge, which was challenged, came in a petition moved by a postgraduate student who is currently pursuing her LL.M. at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). The University is not a part of the Consortium of National Law Universities, meaning that she never had to appear for CLAT-PG.
A notification calling for applicants to the post of Assistant Law Officer was issued by the NTPC. The petitioner claimed that she has the notified qualification of 60 per cent marks in LL.B. and registration with the Bar Council.
However, the selection process was confined to candidates who have appeared for CLAT PG 2021.
The single-judge had held that the notification issued by NTPC was discriminatory and that the inclusion of CLAT clearance as a criterion did not have any rational nexus to the object sought to be achieved.
However, rather than upsetting the whole selection process, the Court had deemed it fit to direct the NTPC to accept the petitioner’s application and conduct a selection test or interview for testing her eligibility for appointment as Assistant Law Officer
Source: Barandbench
