a recent full-page advertisement by the Chhattisgarh government for the post of 129 sub-engineers has left prospective applicants shocked because of three conditions tagged with it. One, an

applicant should not have more than two children. Two, the elder child should not be more than six years old. Three, the applicant should not have married prior to the official marriage

age--21. However, no one seems to know about the conditions imposed. "I don't know anything about this," says P P Soti, director of the panchayat and rural department, which published the

ad. Arun Kumar, assistant director of Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board, who issues such advertisements, says the advertisement was in accordance with a central government rule but