{"id":60602,"date":"2008-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mahatma-gandhi-university-vs-dr-ushamani-m-on-17-november-2008"},"modified":"2019-01-01T04:30:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T23:00:12","slug":"mahatma-gandhi-university-vs-dr-ushamani-m-on-17-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mahatma-gandhi-university-vs-dr-ushamani-m-on-17-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Mahatma Gandhi University vs Dr.Ushamani.M. on 17 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mahatma Gandhi University vs Dr.Ushamani.M. on 17 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 2204 of 2008()\n\n\n1. MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. SYNDICATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. DR.USHAMANI.M., D\/O.LATE R.N.PANICKER,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. DR.ANU GOPINATH, D\/O.SRI.K.P.GOPINATH,\n\n3. SHILPA JOSE, D\/O.SRI. JOSE THOMAS,\n\n4. DHANYA.N., D\/O.SRI.K.NARAYANAN, AGED 30\n\n5. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS\n\n6. DIRECTORATE OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION,\n\n7. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COLLEGIATE,\n\n8. MANAGER, CONGREGATION OF CARMALITE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI. T.A. SHAJI, SC, M.G.UNIVERSITY\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice J.B.KOSHY\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOMAS P.JOSEPH\n\n Dated :17\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>             J.B. Koshy &amp; Thomas P.Joseph, JJ.\n<\/p>\n<p>               &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n          W.A. Nos.2204, 2219 &amp; 2220 of 2008\n<\/p>\n<p>               &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n      Dated this the 17th day of November, 2008<\/p>\n<p>                            Judgment<\/p>\n<p>Koshy,J.\n<\/p>\n<p>           Some of the teachers as well as the management<\/p>\n<p>approached this court as the appointment of the teachers were not<\/p>\n<p>approved from the date of their appointments and salary was not<\/p>\n<p>paid. On the basis of the contentions, files were called for and it<\/p>\n<p>was found that they were appointed in the sanctioned posts against<\/p>\n<p>existing vacancies.   It was also found that those teachers were<\/p>\n<p>academically fully qualified. These are all private aided colleges<\/p>\n<p>and appointments are to be made by the college management on<\/p>\n<p>the recommendation of a selection committee constituted as per<\/p>\n<p>Rules.  Contention of the university was that manager did not<\/p>\n<p>consider all the applications while selecting the teachers.     In<\/p>\n<p>paragraph 20 of the judgment, the learned single Judge considered<\/p>\n<p>the matter as follows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                  &#8220;20.  When the available vacancies are<br \/>\n           few, and the number of applicants is large, it is<br \/>\n           always open to the management to restrict the<br \/>\n           zone of consideration, subject to any minimum<\/p>\n<p>W.A. Nos. 2204, 2219 &amp; 2220\/2008        2<\/p>\n<p>                prescribed in the rules.    If there is no such<br \/>\n                prescription, management need only ensure the<br \/>\n                availability of reasonable number of candidates<br \/>\n                as against the number of vacancies that are to<br \/>\n                be filled up following a reasonable criteria. This<br \/>\n                right of the management, to shortlist the<br \/>\n                candidates cannot be doubted, so long as the<br \/>\n                criteria adopted is fair and reasonable in the<br \/>\n                light of the judgments in Union of India and<br \/>\n                another v. T. Sundararaman and others ((1997)<br \/>\n                4 SCC 664), <a href=\"\/doc\/786197\/\">Madhya Pradesh Public Service<br \/>\n                Commission v. Navnit Kumar Potdar and<\/a> another<br \/>\n                ((1994) 6 SCC 293) and <a href=\"\/doc\/1138632\/\">Jayakumar v. High Court<br \/>\n                of Kerala<\/a> (2001 (2) KLT 924).       Therefore, I<br \/>\n                cannot accept the plea of the University that the<br \/>\n                Management was incompetent to short list<br \/>\n                candidates. The further question is whether<br \/>\n                there was sufficient number of short listed<br \/>\n                candidates for selection.    University has not<br \/>\n                raised such an argument and therefore it is not<br \/>\n                necessary for me to consider that issue.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The selection committee was constituted correctly and the<\/p>\n<p>contention that at least three persons should have been called for<\/p>\n<p>each post was also considered in paragraph 23 of the judgment as<\/p>\n<p>follows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                       &#8220;23. A reading of Statute 3 (1) shows that<br \/>\n                in order to ensure that appointment of teachers<br \/>\n                by direct recruitment are on the basis of merit,<br \/>\n                such appointments shall be made from a panel<br \/>\n                of three names for every vacancy recommended<br \/>\n                by a selection committee constituted in the<br \/>\n                manner provided therein.     However, statute 3<br \/>\n                (3) provides that notwithstanding statute 3 (1) in<br \/>\n                the case of an educational agency which has<br \/>\n                entered      into direct  payment     agreement,<\/p>\n<p>W.A. Nos. 2204, 2219 &amp; 2220\/2008         3<\/p>\n<p>                appointment of teachers shall be made from a<br \/>\n                list   of   persons   prepared   by   a  selection<br \/>\n                committee constituted in the manner provided<br \/>\n                therein. Constitution of the Selection Committee<br \/>\n                in so far as per Statutes 3 (1) and 3 (3) are also<br \/>\n                different.      University has no case that the<br \/>\n                college has not entered into direct payment<br \/>\n                agreement.      If that be so, what is relevant is<br \/>\n                statute 3 (3) and unlike statute 3 (1), statute 3<br \/>\n                (3) does not prescribe the requirement of a<br \/>\n                panel of three names, but only provides that<br \/>\n                appointment of teachers shall be made only<br \/>\n                from a list of persons prepared by a selection<br \/>\n                committee.      Therefore, as far as the college is<br \/>\n                concerned, it is governed by statute 3 (3) and<br \/>\n                there is no requirement of a panel of three<br \/>\n                names for every vacancy.       I do not find any<br \/>\n                substance in the plea of the University that<br \/>\n                statute 3 (3) of Chapter 45B is subject to statute<br \/>\n                3 (1), since such an interpretation is against the<br \/>\n                plain terms of the statute itself. Hence, the 2nd<br \/>\n                reason       assigned    in   Ext.P16    is   also<br \/>\n                unacceptable.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These two objections were raised by the University and they were<\/p>\n<p>found unsustainable by the Court. Individual cases were considered<\/p>\n<p>by the learned Judge in detail and allowed the writ petitions and<\/p>\n<p>directed the respondents in the writ petition to disburse their pay<\/p>\n<p>and allowances with full service benefits from the date of their due<\/p>\n<p>appointment.         Since teachers were selected by a duly appointed<\/p>\n<p>selection committee as per the Rules and they were fully qualified<\/p>\n<p>and appointments were made to the sanctioned vacancies, we fully<\/p>\n<p>W.A. Nos. 2204, 2219 &amp; 2220\/2008    4<\/p>\n<p>agree with the views of the learned single Judge and since we fully<\/p>\n<p>agree with the views, we are not reiterating the views.    All the<\/p>\n<p>appeals are dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                               J.B.Koshy<br \/>\n                                                 Judge<\/p>\n<p>                                          Thomas P. Joseph<br \/>\n                                                 Judge<\/p>\n<p>vaa<\/p>\n<p>W.A. Nos. 2204, 2219 &amp; 2220\/2008    5<\/p>\n<p>                                                J.B. KOSHY<br \/>\n                                                    AND<br \/>\n                                       THOMAS P.JOSEPH,JJ.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                      &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n                                        W.A.Nos.2204, 2219 &amp;<br \/>\n                                                2220\/2008\n<\/p>\n<p>                                      &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>                                                Judgment<\/p>\n<p>                                        Date:17th November,2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Mahatma Gandhi University vs Dr.Ushamani.M. on 17 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 2204 of 2008() 1. MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED &#8230; Petitioner 2. SYNDICATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON Vs 1. DR.USHAMANI.M., D\/O.LATE R.N.PANICKER, &#8230; Respondent 2. DR.ANU GOPINATH, D\/O.SRI.K.P.GOPINATH, 3. SHILPA JOSE, D\/O.SRI. JOSE THOMAS, 4. 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