ATAUL HAQUE Vs. GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) All intervener applications are allowed.

(2.) These two writ petitions raise a common question for consideration viz. whether candidates who have passed B.Ed. are qualified/eligible to be appointed as Assistant Teacher (Primary) in Municipal Corporation of Delhi.?

(3.) Briefly stated the circumstances under which this controversy has arisen are as follows :- On the request of MCD, the Delhi subordinate Service Selection Board, Govt. of NCT of Delhi issued an advertisement in the newspaper "The Hindustan Times" dated 21.9.2000 for recruitment of 1500 Assistant Teacher (Primary) Hindi. Recruitment Rules, copy of which was sent to DSSSB, prescribe the following qualifications for primary teachers: A. (i) Higher Secondary pass of recognised Board/University with an elective subject in the matric level. (II) Two year Teacher training certificate from the recognised institution OR B. (i) Intermediate or equivalent from a recognised Board/University with an elective subject in the required language at the matric level. (ii) One year Teacher Training certificate from a recognised institution. Note: The candidate applying for the post of Assistant Teacher (Primary) - Hindi must have passed Hindi as an elective subject at the matric level.