Educated Unemployed Youth

Educated unemployed youth, the expression 'educated unemployed youth' has definite legal connotation. It denotes a class of citizens who after completing their education are faced with unemployment. Rule 223 (2) read with the note embodies a rule of preference. The question of grant of preference under the note beneath R. 223(2) can only arise when other conditions as regards suitability of the rival tenderers is equal. A student still undergoing his studies in a university be regarded as having completed his education or being 'unemployed' youth. When a person is still pursuing his course of studies in a university, there is no basis for treating him as an 'educated unemployed youth', Bishnu Ram Bohrah v. Parag Saikia, AIR 1984 SC 898 (904): (1984) 2 SCC 488. [Assam Excise Rules, 1945, R. 223]