SHLOK KUMAR CHAKRAVARTI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Whether a Faculty from Humanities and Sciences can be considered eligible for the post of Principal/Director of a Technical Institute governed by All India Council of Technical Education Act, 1987 and the Regulations framed thereunder is the core issue for determination in the present writ application.

(2.) The petitioner is a Lecturer in the subject of Physics at Government Polytechnic, Bhojpur. He holds M.Sc. Degree in Physics and PhD in the said subject. The Bihar Public Service Commission has issued Advertisement No. 13 of 2020 and 15 of 2020 for filling up posts of Principles in Government Polytechnics and Government Engineering Colleges, under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar.

(3.) The advertisement for the post of Principal for Polytechnic College (Advertisement No. 13 of 2020) lays down the following eligibility condition in terms of educational qualification: -