{"id":151575,"date":"2011-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-nanda-kumar-vs-the-government-of-tamil-nadu-on-14-february-2011"},"modified":"2018-04-20T09:37:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T04:07:00","slug":"r-nanda-kumar-vs-the-government-of-tamil-nadu-on-14-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-nanda-kumar-vs-the-government-of-tamil-nadu-on-14-february-2011","title":{"rendered":"R.Nanda Kumar vs The Government Of Tamil Nadu on 14 February, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">R.Nanda Kumar vs The Government Of Tamil Nadu on 14 February, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS\n\nDATED:14.02.2011\n\nCORAM:\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE VINOD K.SHARMA\n\nW.P.NO.13929 OF 2009\n\nAND\nM.P.NO.1 OF 2009\n\n\nR.Nanda Kumar\t\t\t\t\t\t....Petitioner\n\n\tVs.\n\n1.The Government of Tamil Nadu\n   rep. By its Secretary to Government,\n   Higher Educational Department,\n   Fort St.George,\n   Chennai 600 009.\n\n2.The Chairman,\nTeachers Recruitment Board,\nCollege Road,\nChennai 600 006.\n3.The Principal,\nR.V.Government Arts &amp; Science College,\n Chengalpattu\t\t\t\t                ....Respondents\n\n\n\tPetition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying toi issue a writ of mandamus directing the 2nd responden to award 6 marks to the petitioner towardss his educational qualification and consequently direct the 1st respondent to appoint the petitioner as a lecturer in the Computer Science Department.\n\n\t\tFor Petitioner: Mr.V.Bharathidasan\n\t\tFor Respondents:Mr.G.Sankaran\n\t\t\t\tSpecial Government Pleader\n\t\t\t\t---\n\n\nO R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>\t The petitioner has approached this Court, to challenge the rejection of his candidature for the post of Lecturer in Computer Science.The petitioner is qualified Master of Computer Application from Madras Unviersity. The petitioner thereafter acquired the qualification of M.Phil decree in Computer application in Bharathidasan Unviersity, Trichy in the year 2002-2004.The petitioner also cleared  the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board (ICAR), New Delhi, in the subject of computer application in Agrticulture. The petitioner, on completion  of his Master of Computer Application, was appointed as Lecturer in Computer Science Department in S.R.M.College of Arts and Science, Kattangulathur, Kancheepuram District, where he is working for the last 10 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t2. In pursuance to the advertisement for the post of Lecturers in Computer application, the petitioner applied for the appointment to the post of Lecturerers in Government college of Arts and Science. As per the selection criteria adopted by the respondents, the total marks allotted for selection were fixed as 50 marks i.e. 15 marks  for Teaching experience ( two marks for each year subject to be maximum of 15 marks), for candidates having Ph.D.qualification , maximum marks of 9 were to be awarded and for the candidates with M.Phil degree with State Level Eligibility Test(SLET)NET, and  maximum of 6  marks were  to be awarded for P.G. Degree with SLET\/NET, 5 marks were allotted for Reserarch Contribution\/Books\/Article published  and maximum of 10 marks were fixed for interview.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t3.The qualification prescribed for the post  prescribed in the Prospectus read as follows:<br \/>\nQualifications:\n<\/p>\n<p>a)All candidates other than SC\/ST:Candidates with (1) Postgraduate degree in the subject with minimum 55% marks and (ii) a pass in UGC\/CSIR\/JRF\/NET Lecturer-ship test or State Level Educational Testing(SLET)<br \/>\n                           (OR)<br \/>\nCandidates with (i)Postgraduate degree inthe subject with a minimum of 55% and(ii)M.Phil or PH.d degree or both, are eligible to apply.\n<\/p>\n<p>b) For SC\/ST candidates: Candidates with (i) Postgraduate degree in the subject with minimum 50% marks and (ii) a pass in the UGC\/CSIR\/JRF\/NET Lecturer-ship test or State Level Educational Testing (SLET)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t(OR)<br \/>\nCandidates with (i) Postgraduate degree in the subectwith a minimum of 50% marks and (ii) M.Phil or Ph.D.degree or both, are eligible to apply.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\t4. The case of the petitioner is that though he was qualified having M.Phil degree with NET, he was awarded zero marks for qualification, as would clear from  Result Sheet  which reads as under:<br \/>\nTeachers Recruitment Board<br \/>\nCollegeRoad, Chennai 600 006.\n<\/p>\n<p>Direct Recruitment Lecturers for<br \/>\nGovernment Arts and Science Colleges and Colleges of Education 2008-09<br \/>\nRESULTS OF CANDIDATES PROVISIONALLY SELECTED FOR APPOINTMENT\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\n<\/p>\n<p>1.Query your result(only for candidates who have attended interview)<br \/>\n(to query your result, enter your RollNo.eg:C01010000)<br \/>\n                      Roll No&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Result<\/p>\n<p>Roll No<br \/>\nName<br \/>\nSubject<br \/>\nCommunity<br \/>\nDate of Birth<br \/>\nMarks Awarded<br \/>\nfor<br \/>\nIF<br \/>\nBA<br \/>\nFQ<br \/>\nIM<br \/>\nTotal<br \/>\nProvisionally<br \/>\nselected<br \/>\nCommunal<br \/>\nTurn<br \/>\nRemarks<\/p>\n<p>C20270028<br \/>\nNandakumar<br \/>\nComputer Science<br \/>\nGT<\/p>\n<p>18\/5\/1974<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">15<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">0<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">7<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">26<\/span><br \/>\n      No<br \/>\n   ..\n<\/p>\n<p>Not qualified in  SLET in Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>Abbreviations:\n<\/p>\n<p>TE-Teaching Experience<br \/>\nBA-Book and Articles<br \/>\nEQ-eDUCATION Qualification<br \/>\nIM-Interview Marks<\/p>\n<p>II.Subject Index of List of Candidates Provisionally Selected for Appointment (Click on the subject name to get the list<br \/>\nSl.No<br \/>\nSub Code<br \/>\nSubject<br \/>\nNo.of  Candidates Provisionally selected<\/p>\n<p>              24-06-09<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">1<\/span><br \/>\n                   CO1<br \/>\nTAMIL<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">92<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><br \/>\n                   CO2<br \/>\nENGLISH<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">181<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><br \/>\n                   CO3<br \/>\nMATHEMATICS<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">101<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">4<\/span><br \/>\n                   CO4<br \/>\nPHYSICS<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">121<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">5<\/span><br \/>\n                   C22<br \/>\nMICROBIOLOGY<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">1<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">6<\/span><br \/>\n                    C35<br \/>\nTELEGU<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">4<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">7<\/span><br \/>\n                  C38<br \/>\nHINDI<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>26-06-09<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">8<\/span><br \/>\n                  CO6<br \/>\nBOTANY<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">68<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">9<\/span><br \/>\n                  CO7<br \/>\nZOOLOGY<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">67<\/span><\/p>\n<p>29-06-09<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">10<\/span><br \/>\n                  CO8<br \/>\nHISTORY<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">97<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">11<\/span><br \/>\n                   CO9<br \/>\nGEOGRAPHY<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">36<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">12<\/span><br \/>\n                   C10<br \/>\nECONOMICS<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">84<\/span><\/p>\n<p>30-06-09<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">13<\/span><br \/>\n                   C20<br \/>\nCOMPUTER SCIENCE<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">35<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A reading of the result sheet shows that the candidature of the petitioner was arbitrarly rejected, by awarding only zero mark for educational qualification.The reason for non grant of any marks for educational qualification was, that he had not qualified SLET, in agriculture.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t5. A reading of the educational qualification given in the prospectus shows that the candidate who was graduate with the minimum 55% marks and qualified in NET, was eligible, as UGC\/CSIR\/JRF\/NET  was an alternative qualification to SLET.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t6.The petitioner was also qualified, as he was having M.Phil degree, even in the absence of NET or SLET . The impugned order rejecting his candidature, cannot be sustainable in law, in view of the settled law, that qualification laid down in prospectus are binding, having force of law.\t\t\t7. Consequently, the order rejecting the candidature of petitioner is set aside, and direction is issued to the respondents, to consider the case of the petitioner for appointment after granting requisite marks for the qualification of M.Phil degree with NET. The needful be done preferably within a period of one months, from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t8.The writ petition is disposed of.No costs.Conseuently, M.P.No.1 of 2009 is closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>VJY<\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>1.The Secretary to Government,<br \/>\n   Higher Educational Department,<br \/>\n   Fort St.George,<br \/>\n   Chennai 600 009.\n<\/p>\n<p>2 . The Chairman,<br \/>\nTeachers Recruitment Board,<br \/>\nCollege Road,<br \/>\nChennai 600 006.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. The Principal,<br \/>\nR.V.Government Arts &amp; Science College,<br \/>\nChengalpattu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court R.Nanda Kumar vs The Government Of Tamil Nadu on 14 February, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED:14.02.2011 CORAM: THE HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE VINOD K.SHARMA W.P.NO.13929 OF 2009 AND M.P.NO.1 OF 2009 R.Nanda Kumar &#8230;.Petitioner Vs. 1.The Government of Tamil Nadu rep. 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