Judgment

Shiva Kirti Singh, J.

1. Heard learned Counsel for the parties. Leave granted.

2. The issue in these appeals is whether the Division Bench of Rajasthan High Court is correct in reversing the judgment of the learned Single Judge and permitting the qualification of B.P. Ed. to be treated as equivalent to qualification of C.P. Ed. for the purpose of selection and recruitment to the post of Physical Training Instructor Grade-III (PTI Gr. III).

3. The facts necessary for deciding the main issue noted above are as follows. Rajasthan Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as 'the Commission') published an advertisement dated 03.09.2008 inviting applications for recruitment to the post of PTI Gr. II under Code No. 35 and PTI Gr. III under Code No. 36. The educational qualification for posts under Code No. 35 and 36 were indicated separately and read thus:

(i) Graduate or equivalent examination with diploma in physical education OR Secondary with four years' diploma in Physical Education.

(ii) Working knowledge of Hindi written in Devnagari script and knowledge of Rajasthan culture.

The educational qualification for posts under Code No. 36 read thus:

(i) Senior secondary certif