IRRIGINENI VENKATA KRISHNA Vs. GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The Division Bench in its judgment dated August 29, 2008, out of which the present group of seven appeals arises, has relied upon the judgment of this Court in Basic Education Board, U.P. v. Upendra Rai and Ors., 2008 3 SCC 432 in holding that the regulations framed under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (for short, 'NCTE Act') do not bind the State Government in the matter of fixation of qualifications for teachers in formal schools. This is what the High Court said:

(3.) In Upendra Rai, this Court held in paragraphs 19 and 22 of the report thus: