Supreme Court of India

V Alsala Kumari Devi M. v. Director, Higher Secondary Education and Ors.,.

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Reported as [2007] 10 S.C.R. 294
Bench Tarun Chatterjee J.
Decided 25 September 2007

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above Government Orders, let us consider the claim of the appellant, the 5th respondent as well as the dedsion taken by the Selection Committee and the orders passed by the High Court.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Service Law-Selection-By promotion-Post of HSST (Higher 'I:- c Secondary School Teacher)-Sought to be filled up by promotion of qualified HAS (High School Assistant)---- . Os prescribing qualifications and mode of selection-Both Appellant and 5th Respondent working as HAS, applied-Selection of 5th Respondent though Appellant was · senior~hallenge against-Held: Selection was based on extraneous/ irrelevant considerations-It was improper on part of Selection Committee to take into account qualifications not prescribed in the . Os. and ignore Appellant who was fully qualified as well as senior

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