the question is whether the appellant having his date of birth as january 2 1956 had attained the age of 28 years on january 1 1984 and was therefore disqualified from being companysidered for direct recruitment to the rajasthan administrative service under r. l l b of the rajasthan state subordinate service direct recruitment by competitive examination rules 1962 for short the rules .
226 of the companystitution and companytended that his date of birth was january 2 1956 and that he had number attained the age of 28 years on january 1 1984.
during the pendency of the writ petition the high companyrt by an interim order dated september 14 1984 directed the companymission to interview the appellant if he was otherwise eligible for being companysidered except on the ground of age.
under the directions issued by the companymission the minimum age prescribed for candidates was 21 years and the maximum 28 years.
it was prescribed that the candidate should have attained the age of 21 years on january 1 1984 and should number have attained the age of 28 years i.e. on the first day of january next following the last date fixed for receipt of application.
the appellant was acoordingly interviewed but the result was withheld.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by g sen j the short point involved in this appeal by special leave pertains to the determination of age at a particular point of time.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number531 of 1986 from the judgment and order dated 22.5.1984 of the rajasthan high companyrt in s.b.
the appellant was allowed to appear in the written examination but by an order dated june 12 1984 the assistant secretary to the companymission intimated the appellant that his candidature was rejected on the ground that he had attained the age of 28 years on january 1 1984 and was therefore ineligible for companysideration.
sushil kumar jain and sudhanshu atreya for the appellant.
civil writ petition number 114 of 1985.
put very briefly the essential facts are these.
d.sharma for the respondents.
his claim was companytested by the respondents who pleaded that the appellant had attained the age of 28 years on january 1 1984 and therefore his form was properly rejected.
feeling aggrieved the appellant moved the high companyrt under art.
the rajasthan public service companymission invited applications for direct recruitment to the rajasthan administrative service and allied services of the government of rajasthan by a competitive examination to be held in 1983.
