An Anganwadi Sevika from Jalgaon was appointed a Supervisor in Nashik despite a rule requiring ten years’ experience in the same district, on the strength of a Divisional Commissioner’s erroneous clarification. The Supreme Court upheld the setting aside of her appointment three years on, holding that appointing an ineligible candidate is a fraud on the public even where the appointee concealed nothing and the fault lay with the authority.
