PREETHA NAYAR Vs. UNIVERSITY OF KERALA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BOTH these writ petitions are filed by applicants to the post of Reader in the Archeology Department of University of Kerala. Their applications were rejected on the ground that they did not have the requisite qualification. Since these writ petitions raise a common issue, they are decided together.

(2.) AS per notification dated 26/03/2008, the qualification for the post of Reader is as under:

(3.) THE petitioner in W.P.C.No.14147 of 2010 contends that he possess Post Graduate Degree in History, Ph.D. in Archeology and has two publications to his credit. According to him he fulfills the qualifications prescribed by the Academic Council.