RAJEEV Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN response to order dated 07.02.2014, the State has filed affidavit, which is taken on record. This order shall dispose of eight writ petitions i.e. CWP Nos. 2386, 2821, 2835, 2838, 2944, 2947, 2679, 2657 of 2014. However, the facts are being taken from CWP No. 2386 of 2014. By filing this writ petition, petitioner has laid challenge to notification dated 03.09.2013 (P -3) making amendment in Haryana Education (College Cadre) Group B Service Rules 1986 whereby in Appendix B, under columns 3 and 4 after serial No. 9 in note 1 for item (c), the following qualification shall be substituted:

(2.) IT is grievance of the petitioner that despite relaxation of not passing eligibility test granted by the University Grants Commission (for short the Commission') under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (for short 'the Act') for those who have Ph.D. degrees to their credit, the contrary eligibility condition of passing eligibility test has been laid down by the above said notification. Further challenge has been made to the advertisement inviting applications for the post of Lecturers in various subjects issued on 24.01.2014 in which besides other conditions, passing of eligibility test is one of the criteria. As per above advertisement for the post of Assistant Professor in all subjects, good academic record with at least 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade of B in the 7 point scale with letter grades O, A, B, C, D, E and F at the Master's Degree level is necessary qualification in the relevant subjects. The knowledge of Hindi/Sanskrit upto Matric standard is also necessary. Besides the conditions for entry in service as above, it is provided that National Eligibility Test (NET) and State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) shall remain minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment for the post of Assistant Professors in Colleges. Proviso states that NET/SLET shall not be required for such Master Programme in the subject for which the NET or SLET is not conducted.

(3.) 4.1 Arts, Humanities, Science, Social Sciences, Commerce, Education, Languages, Law, Journalism and Mass Communication.