Following the landmark judgment in Tej Prakash Pathak v. High Court of Rajasthan (Civil Appeal No. 2634 of 2013), the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh held that a recruitment process cannot be sustained where the eligibility criteria have been altered during the selection process, or where un-notified draft Recruitment Rules are invoked to modify a selection process in a manner inconsistent with the advertisement — reaffirming that the rules of the game cannot be changed midway. (W.P.(C) No. 628/2022, decided on 17.02.2026)
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