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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Honourable Mr Justice C.V. KARTHIKEYAN
S.Jothi, W/o.K.Babu Meenakshisundaram – Appellant
Versus
Government of Tamil Nadu, Represented by its Secretary, Revenue Department – Respondent
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. petitioner's qualifications for revenue assistant post. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. counterarguments regarding application status. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. court's analysis of qualifications and rules. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 4. jurisdiction limitations on vacancies. (Para 10) |
| 5. no mandamus issued; petition dismissed. (Para 11) |
| 6. possibility of claim with equivalent certificate. (Para 12) |
ORDER :
C.V. Karthikeyan, J.
The writ petition had been filed in the nature of a Mandamus seeking a direction against the respondents, particularly, the second respondent, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, to select the petitioner to any of the posts advertised in notification No.7 of 2015, dated 30.04.2015, taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner had qualified herself with B.A. degree in academics and B.L. integrated degree, conferred by the Bharathidasan University/third respondent.
2.In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, it had been stated that the petitioner had qualified herself with B.A. B.L. degree conferred by the Bharathidasan University. It was an integrated course of five years. On completion of three years, the University confers the degree of Bachelor of A
A professional degree disqualifies candidates from positions requiring standalone undergraduate degrees, reinforcing the hiring authority's discretion in recruitment criteria.
Court may recall an order if relevant government order showing qualification equivalence was not considered earlier.
The court affirmed that a candidate's eligibility should not be denied based on procedural delays in obtaining an equivalence certificate, especially when the candidate was allowed to participate in ....
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