VINOD Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY this order, I propose to dispose of two Civil Writ Petition Nos. 2694 and 2782 of 1993 as common questions of fact and law are involved in these petitions. With the consent of the counsel for the parties, the basic pleadings are being taken from CWP No. 2694 of 1993 (Smt. Vinod Versus The State of Haryana and others).

(2.) IN pursuance to the advertisement issued by the respondents inviting applications for 2592 posts of J.B.T. Teachers, petitioner applied for the same. She was selected for the said post and joined as such in the year 1991. Thereafter, her services were sought to be terminated by the respondents by asserting that the J.B.T. Examination passed by the petitioner from Education Department of Delhi Administration in the year 1987 was not recognized by the State of Haryana as the recognition as equivalent to J.B.T. of Haryana State was granted w.e.f. 17.10.1989. Since the petitioner had passed her J.B.T. Examination from Education Department of Delhi Administration prior to 17.10.1989, she was not eligible for consideration for appointment to the post of J.B.T. Teacher.

(3.) IN the light of this letter/decision of the Government of Haryana, the J.B.T. Course of the petitioner, which is also of the duration of two years obtained from the Education Department of Delhi Administration, shall be deemed to have been recognized as equivalent to J.B.T. Course of the Government of Haryana. Referring to the letter dated 17.10.1989 (Annexure R -1), counsel contends that what has been stated therein is that the J.B.T. Course run by the Delhi Administration is equivalent to J.B.T. of Haryana on reciprocal basis, but does not indicate that the J.B.T. Course obtained from Education Department of Delhi Administration prior to the said date was not recognized nor does it say that from the said date onwards, it would be treated as equivalent to J.B.T. He accordingly contends that the impugned order cannot sustain and deserve to be set -aside.