SUDHA SINGH Vs. CHANCELLOR MEERUT UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS petition is directed against an order of the Chancellor of the Meerut University dated 24-10-83 setting aside the appointment of the petitioner as a lecturer in Military Science in the S. S. V. (P G.) College Hapur District Ghaziabad which is a Post Graduate College affiliated to the Meerut University.

(2.) IN response to an advertisement for the post of lecturer in the Military Science the petitioner applied and was selected by the Selection Committee. A letter of appointment was also issued to her in pursuance of the same and she joined on 21-8-81. However, her appointment was disapproved by the Vice Chancellor on the ground that the advertisement was only for one post and consequently she could not be appointed to fill up the second post which had fallen vacant. Thereafter, a fresh advertisement was issued and she was again appointed on 19-10-82 pursuant to the approval of the Vice-Chancellor given on 18-10-82. This was challenged by the respondent no. 3 Sri Ram Awatar. Sri Ram Awatar had appeared before the Selection Committee only at the first selection and was not approved. He did not appear at the subsequent selection held to fill up the second post. He made a representation under section 68 of the U. P. State Universities Act, which led to the impugned order passed by the Chancellor on 24-10-82.

(3.) BE that as it may, the fact remains that the petitioner having come to possess the requisite minimum qualification prior to the passing of the impugned order, the Chancellor ought not to have set aside the approval accorded by the Vice-Chancellor.