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ANIL KSHETARPAL
Rajbir Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Anil Kshetarpal, J.
A batch of 18 connected writ petitions (details whereof are given at the foot of the judgment) has come up for final disposal. The learned counsel representing the parties have conceded that the issue is common in all the writ petitions and therefore, the Court can conveniently dispose of these writ petitions by a common judgment.
2. Once again, the issue of the candidates possessing higher qualifications than those specified in the recruitment notice is before the Court. The relevant facts, in brief, are required to be noticed in order to grasp the core issues involved in the case, which require adjudication.
3. The Department of Irrigation, Punjab, issued a recruitment notice inviting applications for recruiting 296 posts of the Junior Engineer (Civil) available in the Department. In the recruitment notice under the clause of educational qualifications, it was provided as under:-
| "Name of Post | Eligibility |
| Junior Engineer (Civil) | Should possess three years Diploma of Junior Engineer in Civil Engineering from a State Technical Education Board or from a recognized University or Institution |
| Junior Engineer (Mechanical) | Should poss |
Appointment on Post of Junior Engineer (Electrical) – Minimum qualification for the post cannot be deemed to be only matriculation but rather that only such of those matriculates, or 10+2 pass studen....
The court upheld the constitutionality of recruitment rules limiting Junior Engineer positions to diploma holders, determining that excluding higher qualification holders does not violate constitutio....
The court upheld the constitutionality of recruitment rules that limit eligibility to diploma holders, finding the exclusion of graduates justifiable for maintaining service stability and effective d....
R & P Rules for post clearly provide for recognition of qualification and not higher qualification.
The authority to determine eligibility qualifications for public posts lies solely with the State Government, and recruitment processes must adhere strictly to established service rules.
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