Dear Sir,

- NOC is purely at the discretion of the employer to give. NOC cannot be claimed as a matter of right.  Only remedy is left with the employee is to resign from the post, if a candidate gets better opportunity in the other organisation. And PSU may even take disciplinary actions against you

- In the such circumstances the selection of the candidate may become invalid,if challenged before the court because it was a violation of the terms of application/call letter.

- Also, since both the organisations are PSUs, it is obligatory to obtain ''NoC'' before applying/appearing for a job.

- You shall have to take a very prudent decision on the matter to avoid future legal complications.It is a criminal offence to make untrue statements, while applying for a job or during interview.

Regards

Vivek Arya

1) you would not be permitted to attend interview as your application for NOC has been rejected 

2) you can resign from job then appear for interview 

Are you serious or thinking that to obtain legal opinion on absurd points or the lawyers are only for the cheating purpose , think gently when you have signed  a contract with concern then  you should have to obey the terms and conditions mentioned there in.

You need to hide that fact else they will not go against the rules and allow you to attend the psu interview

it depends on your company policy, which differ from PSU to PSU, you may check up the policy in your HR section. 

Dear Client, 

Appearing in interview is not violation of service rules , You can appear without NOC. Even at the time of interview no NOC asked.

Other PSU can take interviews appoints you if they don't ask for NOC from your current employer. 

But you are under an obligation to your current employer if you have agreed their service term and condition of obtaining NOC from the employer before applying to other organisations. They can sue you in case of any violation of the agreed term and condition of service. 

If the new employer is insisting on NOC from the previous employer then this document is an essential document to be submitted by you.

You may look for alternative methods i.e., to resign the job if the previous employer is not giving NOC citing their own rules.

You may discuss with a local service law practicing lawyer by producing your employment offer letter and the terms and condition of the employment for an alternate solution.

The terms and conditions before joining the psu were very clear and hence you joined the psu knowing all the drawbacks. Now at this stage you cannot go ahead and give interviews of other psu's without obtaining noc as you wouldn't be issued the relieving letter in case you get selected. You can request your seniors or the management to consider your case on compassionate grounds.

Regards 

1. As per the information mentioned in the presnet query, makes it clear that you may not have a good stand in the present query.
2. When there is a condition to obtained NOC from the present employer, if any then they would require it for sure and may not go for the reason that you approached the present employer but denied the NOC.
3. Still, I would advice you to sit for the interview as to who knows that what else they (new employer) have to append the existing conditions.
4. But, problem will be from your present employer as they have got you undersigned the agreement to not to sit for interview before completion of three years.