In Brief
The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board advertised posts including PGT (English) Female with an age limit of below 36 years, relaxable for government servants and departmental candidates by five years. The respondent, a teacher in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation since 2006 and over 36 at the application closing date, sought age relaxation. The High Court and Administrative Tribunal allowed her claim, treating the Corporation as a government entity. The Supreme Court reversed this, holding that age relaxation benefits apply only to Central Government civilian employees, not to employees of autonomous bodies like municipal corporations, regardless of any promotion feeder cadre.
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