1. - This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner Shri Surendra Kumar Gupta challenging the action of the respondents denying him appointment on the post of Teacher Grade-III in the District Alwar. The only ground due to which the appointment was denied to the petitioner was that his Bachelor of Education (for short 'B.Ed.') Degree from the University of Jammu & Kashmir was not recognised by the National Council for Teachers Education which was a body constituted under the National Council Teachers Education Act 1993 and had to be followed by the respondents.

2. The petitioner had applied for the post of Teacher Grade-III in the District of Alwar in pursuance of a notification dated 13.6.98 for which the essential qualification was B.Ed. Degree. The petitioner had undergone the B.Ed. Course conducted by the University of Jammu & Kashmir at Gandhi Memorial College, Srinagar and finally completed the Course in year 1997 as a consequence of which he was awarded the B.Ed. Degree from the University of Jammu & Kashmir in the year 1998. According to the petitioner's version this College is duly affiliated to the University of Jammu & Kashmir and hence he possesses a legal