Hon. Secretary All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society and Anr. v. Prof Prafulla Raghunathrao Ahir and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Lecturer qualification; AICTE Norms and Standards for Engineering Colleges (Degree Programs) August 1990; First Class Bachelor's Degree sufficient; Master's Degree condition in appointment order erroneous; withholding of increments for want of Master's Degree; termination of lecturers; College Tribunal appeal; reinstatement with full backwages; AICTE qualification prevails over appointment order terms; Sanjivani Gramin Shikshan Sanstha Vs. Dipesh Bhaurao Pardeshi; All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society Pune; Bombay High Court Writ Petitions Nos. 9357 and 9470 of 2024; no interference; dismissal.
What did the court decide?
Under the AICTE Norms, the requisite qualification for appointment on the post of lecturer does not require possession of a Master's Degree; accordingly, the petitioner-management erroneously prescribed the condition in the appointment orders requiring acquisition of a First Class Master's Degree within five years on pain of loss of increments.