State of Haryana and Others v. Om Pal @ Ompal Sharma and Others
Case brief
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Punjab & Haryana High Court, LPA No.908 of 2019 (O&M), decision date 20.08.2025 — State of Haryana v. Om Pal @ Ompal Sharma. PGT Sanskrit recruitment (advertisement dated 28.06.2016, Annexure P-9) required teaching experience for the post of PGT of the relevant subject, countersigned by the Director, Secondary Education. Applicant's experience certificate (01.06.2016, Annexure P-10) showed a substantive TGT (Sanskrit) appointment since 13.04.2005 plus PGT classes IX–XII; the Assistant Director cancelled the authentication on 24.06.2016. Division Bench allowed the State's appeal, set aside the Single Judge's direction dated 18.09.2018 to countersign the certificate, and observed that the candidature can only be considered bereft of the experience certificate. Key themes: PGT versus TGT status, teaching-experience eligibility conditions, countersignature/authentication of experience certificates.