Supreme Court of India

Santosh B Naik v. State of Goa

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Bench Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi JJ.
Decided 6 October 2026

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What the Court ordered

The impugned judgment and order dated 11.01.2024 passed by the High Court of Bombay at Goa in Writ Petition No. 272 of 2023 is set aside. ... For the aforesaid reasons, the present appeal is allowed.

Judgment, 26.1 and 27

In brief

The Directorate of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship, Goa, advertised posts of Vocational Instructor (Practical) in the Plumber trade, the Recruitment Rules of 2006 prescribing as the academic qualification 'Passed 10th standard under 10+2 system of education', along with a National Trade/Apprenticeship Certificate and five years' industry experience. Respondent No. 3 scored 96 marks in the written examination and the appellant 94, but on document verification the Departmental Selection Committee found Respondent No. 3 ineligible because his Secondary School Certificate was obtained from the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in 2004 (English, Home Science, Science, Economics and Hindi, without Mathematics).…

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