Appellant G Vigneshkumar applied for the post of grade II police constables/grade II jail warden/fireman for the recruitment done in 2017. He had cleared the written examination but in the physical endurance test held on July 29, 2017, he was disqualified as his height was less than 170cms.
Though he challenged this before the Madurai bench of the Madras high court, a single judge dismissed it, which prompted him to file the present appeal.

A division bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam said height measurement of the appellant was done according to the guidelines framed for the recruitment. The height of the appellant is 169.6cm which could not be rounded off to increase to 170cm as per the guidelines. The judges observed that the prescription of the qualification under the required criteria falls within the exclusive domain of the selection authority and the court in exercise of its appellate jurisdiction cannot act as a super selection authority to override it.