SUMITRA BISHNOI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY this order I will dispose of C.W.P. No.11894 of 2014 and C.M. application filed in C.W.P. No.3622 of 2014.

(2.) THE controversy raised herein has somewhat been settled earlier when some of the persons who were similarly placed as the petitioners herein approached this Court with a similar grievance. The petitioners herein as also the other persons who had approached this Court earlier, were holders of Ph.D degrees and were desirous of being considered for the posts of Assistant Professors advertised by the Haryana Public Service Commission. One of the conditions imposed by the University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) was that for the post of Assistant Professor the passing of NET was essential and a relaxation was contemplated in the case of Ph.D. degree holders. This matter was elaborately dealt with by this Court in a decision rendered in C.W.P. No.2386 of 2014 titled Rajeev and others v. State of Haryana and others decided on 19.2.2014. The petitioners having Ph.D. degrees to their credit were enabled to participate in the process without insistence of the qualification of NET. The said writ petition was disposed of with the following observations : -

(3.) IN the meantime, some persons approached this Court placing reliance on the aforesaid judgment in Rajeev's case (supra) and prayed for a similar benefit. The said writ petition was dismissed by the learned Single Judge on 24.4.2014 by passing order in C.W.P. No.7568 of 2014 declining the benefit granted in Rajeev's case (supra) to the petitioners on the reasons which can be noticed below : -