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MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
PRERNA PRIYA – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF BIHAR – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Mohit Kumar Shah, J.
1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs:
The court affirmed that specific subject qualifications are essential for teaching positions, and equivalence determinations are within the purview of expert bodies.
a candidate for recruitment to any post must possess the requisite qualification statutorily prescribed and the Court exercising the power of judicial review cannot expand upon the ambit of prescribe....
Courts have a limited role in academic matters and cannot act as an appellate authority over the decisions of expert bodies unless there is evidence of arbitrariness or mala fide.
The rejection of a qualified candidate for promotion to School Assistant (Biology) was arbitrary and violated statutory rules and fundamental rights, necessitating the appointment of the petitioner.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that appointments to academic positions must adhere to the prescribed educational qualifications and regulations, and that the equivalence of degre....
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