Fresh Recruitment Consideration Ordered for UP ITI Instructor Candidates; Arbitrary Cut-Off Marks Held Illegal: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to reconsider the recruitment process for Instructor posts in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) after finding that the authorities acted arbitrarily by imposing illegal cut-off marks. The court emphasized that the recruitment rules, which did not specify any qualifying marks, must be followed strictly, and any deviation constitutes illegality. As a result, the court ordered a fresh review of eligible candidates against…