Gundappa v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Guest Lecturer; Government First Grade College; Karnataka collegiate education; notification 02.01.2025 No.PÁ²E/£Éë-1/CGD/99/2024-25; notification 25.06.2025 No.PÁ²E/£Éë-1/CGD/28/2025-26; UGC Regulations 2018 minimum qualifications; UGC-NET/SLET/SET; regularisation of guest faculty; continuation till superannuation; W.P. No.23600/2023 order 05.09.2024; W.A. No.1578/2024 judgment 08.10.2025; W.P. No.3079/2022 past service 3 marks per year 16 years; Manish Gupta 2022 SCC OnLine SC 485; Shivdeo Singh AIR 1963 SC 1909; counselling merit list 20.01.2025; writ petitions dismissed; R. Nataraj J.
What did the court decide?
The order dated 05.09.2024 passed by this Court in W.P. No.23600/2023, mandating strict compliance with the UGC Regulations, 2018 minimum qualifications for selection of Guest Lecturers, has been upheld by a Division Bench of this Court in W.A. No.1578/2024 (disposed of on 08.10.2025); consequently, all contentions urged by the petitioners in these petitions - including that they were not parties to W.P. No.23600/2023 and their reliance on Manish Gupta (2022 SCC OnLine SC 485) and Shivdeo Singh (AIR 1963 SC 1909) - do not survive for consideration.