Supreme Court of India

Ranu Hazarika & Ors. v. State of Assam & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 3 S.C.R. 280
Bench D.K. Jain and H.L. Dattu JJ.
Decided 28 February 2011

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeals are allowed; the leave granted by the High Court to the State to complete the selection process in terms of employment notice dated 2nd December, 2005 is set aside and the said notice (dated 2nd F December, 2005) is also quashed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Assam Elementary Education (Provincialization) (Amendment) Rules, 2005: Teachers Training - Elementary/Primary Schools - The amendment Rules substituting the requirement of diploma in teachers training by providing that preference would be given to trained candidates - High Court holding the amendment 0 invalid being contrary to the NCTE Act and the Regulation 2001, but allowing the State Government to complete the recruitment process - Held: The decision of the High Court, permitting the State Government to continue with the recruitment process, initiated on the basis of the Amendment Rules,

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