ORDER

Per: Hon'ble Shri Justice Vivek Jain.

By way of these petitions challenge is made to the vires of Column No.5 to Entry-1 to Schedule III of M.P. State School Education Service (Educational Branch) Service Conditions and Recruitment Rules, 2018 (for short ‘Rules of 2018’) on the ground that Column No.5 captioned as “educational qualification” is ambiguous and contrary to National Council for Teachers Education regulations (for short ‘NCTE regulations’) and that the regulations framed by the NCTE should prevail to the extent they are repugnant to the Rules framed by the State Government.

2. It is the case of the petitioners that they are the aspirants for appointment to the post of High School Teacher in the School Education Department of the State of Madhya Pradesh. For appointment to the said post the requisite qualification was laid down in Schedule III which has been framed under the enabling provision of Rule 8 of the said Rules of 2018. The challenge is made to Column 5 of Entry 1 of Schedule III providing requisite minimum qualification for High School Teacher which is as under:-

“Masters Degree in the relevant subject with Second division and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) o