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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, KALABURAGI BENCH
M.I.Arun
Dileep Kumar, S/o Shreemanth – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka, Department Of Agriculture – Respondent
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ORDER :
M.I. Arun, J.
The issue pertains to the eligibility criteria adopted by the third respondent - University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur (for short "University") for the post of Assistant Professor (Direct Recruitment).
2. The petitioners in these two petitions are aspirants for the post of Assistant Professor in third respondent-University. They have challenged the eligibility criteria fixed by the third respondent on the ground that it is in violation of the criteria fixed by the second respondent - University Grants Commission (for short "UGC").
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3. The respondent No.2 - UGC is constituted under the provisions of the University Grants Commission Act , 1956. Entry 25 of List III-Concurrent List of Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India reads as under:
"25. Education, including technical education, medical education and universities, subject to the provisions of entries 63, 64, 65 and 66 of List I; vocational and technical training of labour."
4. Thus, both the State as well as the Parliament are authorised to legislate with regard to the aforementioned subject matters and in case of any conflict, the law made by the Parliament prevails over the law made by the State
Recruitment criteria set by a state university cannot derogate from UGC regulations, and weightage modifications post-amendment leading to absurdities are impermissible.
The UGC Regulations of 2018 must be adhered to by the State Government in recruitment processes, as they provide broader eligibility criteria than previous regulations.
Qualifications - UGC has prescribed minimum eligibility qualification for appointment of Assistant Professor (PG) in English and notification/advertisement was issued prescribing minimum eligibility ....
UGC regulations are mandatory for UGC-funded institutions but directory for State-run institutions unless formally adopted.
Point of Law : Obtaining information through RTI i.e. source would be irrelevant where the information obtained was not challenged as regards its veracity and cannot be excluded from consideration.
The court upheld that equivalence certificates for foreign qualifications could be accepted post-application deadline without invalidating a candidate's eligibility, emphasizing respect for the exper....
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