Supreme Court of India

Ganapath Singh Gangaram Singh Rajput v. Gulbarga University Rep.by its Registrar & Others

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Reported as [2013] 17 S.C.R. 1025
Bench Chandramauli Kr. Prasad and Kurian Joseph JJ.
Decided 1 November 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the High Court rightly held Ganpat ineligible and quashed his appointment.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Service Law - Appointment - Eligibility criteria - Qualification - Post of University Lecturer in Masters' of Computer Application course (MCA) - Advertisement stipulated minimum qualification of post-graduate degree in the 'relevant subject' - Various persons including respondent no.3 and appellant offered their candidature - Respondent no.3 possessed post-graduate degree in Computer Applications (MCA) - Appellant was M.Sc. in Mathematics but did not have degree in MCA - University constituted 'Board of appointment' consisting of experts for selecting suitable candidates - The Board made

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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