RAM AUTAR Vs. CHANCELLOR MEERUT UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) VACANCY arose against the post of a Lecturer in Military Science in the S. S. V. Degree College, Hapur affiliated to the University of Meerut. The petitioner and the respondent no. 5 amongst others were candidates for the post. The candidates were interviewed by the Selection Committee on August 11, 1981. The Selection Committee drew a panel in which the respondent no. 5 was placed at position No. 1 and the petitioner was shown at the No. 2. The petitioner represented that the respondent no. 5 did not possess the minimum prescribed qualifications and the experience for the appointment. The Vice Chancellor, however, gave approval on August 20, 1981 and the Management of the College appointed accordingly the respondent no. 5 to the post. A reference was made by the petitioner under section 68 of the U. P. Universities Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act' to the Chancellor who rejected it under the impugned order dated March 27, 1982 observing :-

(2.) AGGRIEVED, the petitioner has approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking the writ of certiorari to quash the order of the Chancellor.

(3.) THE Statute 11.13 (1) of the First Statutes of the University of Meerut, 1977 prescribes the minimum qualifications for the recruitment of a teacher in the Faculty of Arts to which the subject of Military Science pertains as under ',-