P KANNADAS Vs. M SHANTI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE two writ appeals are directed against the common order dated 17. 3. 2004 made in Writ Petition Nos. 12022 and 12031 of 2001 laid by one M. Shanthi, the unsuccessful candidate, who applied for the post of Lecturer in the Commerce Department of the fourth respondent College.

(2.) FOR the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per the rank in the writ petitions.

(3.) 1. On the other hand, the case of the University was that the minimum qualification required for the post of Lecturers working in the Commerce Department, who are taking classes for B. B. A. students, is M. B. A. Degree. According to the University, the ninth respondent possesses a Post Graduation Degree in Business Administration, which satisfies the minimum required qualification for the post of Lecturers to teach students of B. B. A. degree, the course being taught in the Commerce Department. 5. 2. Even according to the fourth respondent college, the ninth respondent satisfies the minimum required qualification for the post of Lecturer to teach students of the B. B. A. degree.