MANU KUMARI Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE bunch of writ petitions involve common question of law thus are decided by this judgment. For convenience, facts of S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 7477/2013 are taken.

(2.) THE respondents issued an advertisement on 14.12.2011 for the post of Physical Training Instructor (in short "PTI") Gr. II & III. All the petitioners submitted application forms but rendered ineligible on the ground that qualification of "B.P.E." obtained by the petitioners is not recognized by the State Government.

(3.) FOR the post of Teacher Gr. III, it is submitted that as per National Council for Teacher Education (Determination of Qualification for Recruitment of Teachers) Regulations 2001 (in short "Regulations, 2001"), required qualification is only of Senior Secondary School Certificate or Intermediate or its equivalent with C.P.Ed., of a duration of not less than two years. The petitioners are in possession of course of three years yet rendered ineligible even for the post of Teacher Gr. III, whereas a candidate having higher qualification than required, should not have been made ineligible.