The court dismissed a writ petition challenging a recruitment advertisement for Principal posts. The petitioner argued that the advertisement should conform to 2018 UGC Regulations adopted after the application deadline. The court held that advertisements issued under earlier regulations were valid and no illegality was found.
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Court No. - 40
Case :- WRIT - A No. - 4826 of 2020 Petitioner :- Dr Hem Prakash And 4 Others Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Seemant Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Manoj Kumar
Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J.
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notified as 16th of April, 2019, but it came to be amended from time to time. The last such extension has been notified on 22.5.2019 which is an Annexure to the rejoinder affidavit. The specification of date, as per the last notification is relevant for the present purposes and is accordingly reproduced herein under:-
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urged that the subsequent date of 18th of July 2019 ought to be treated as the last date for filing of the application.
Order Date :- 21.9.2020
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the advertisement prescribing qualifications based on 2010 UGC Regulations is illegal when 2018 Regulations were adopted after the application deadline.
Whether the date for submission of API scores determines the applicability of UGC Regulations for filing applications.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
Shikha Malviya & another Vs. State of U.P. & 3 othersDistinguished¶7
Special Appeal No. 666 of 2018 (Shikha Malviya & another Vs. State of U.P. & 3 others)
Dr Hem Prakash And 4 Others
State of U.P.
U.P. Higher Education Service Commission
Ashwani Kumar Mishra
As recorded by the court registry
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