JUDGMENT

CHANDRAMAULI KR. PRASAD, J.

Ganpath Singh Gangaram Singh Rajput as also the Gulbarga University, aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 19/24th of November, 2009 of the Karnataka High Court in Writ Appeal No. 3216 of 2004 quashing the appointment of aforesaid Ganpath Singh Gangaram Singh Rajput as Lecturer in MCA in the Post-graduate Department of the University, have preferred these special leave petitions.

Leave granted.

Short facts giving rise to the present appeals are as follows:

The appellant, Gulbarga University, hereinafter referred to as ‘the University’, issued notification dated May 22, 1998 inviting applications for appointment to various posts including the post of Lecturer in Masters’ in Computer Application, for short, MCA. The minimum qualification, for appointment to the post of Lecturer and with which we are concerned in these appeals, is good academic record with at least 55% of marks or an equivalent grade at the Masters’ Degree level in the relevant subject from an Indian University or an equivalent degree from a foreign University.

Shivanand, respondent no. 3 herein, and Ganpath Singh Gangaram Singh Rajput, respondent no. 3 of the writ petition (appellan