The Delhi High Court has said that the experience of an applicant should be counted over qualification during selection as physical education teacher (PET).
The high court on Thursday directed the Centre to appoint a former Indian Air Force man for the post of physical education teacher in Kendriya Vidyalaya within a month after considering his 20 years experience in the force as equivalent qualification.
Giving preference to experience over qualification, a Division Bench of Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Reva Khetrapal set aside an order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) upholding the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan’s decision rejecting the application filed by Girish Ahuja for the post of physical education teacher.
Girish Ahuja served as ground training instructor in the Indian Air Force for 20 years and obtained a certificate from the Central government in order to apply for the post in August 2007.
The Bench rejected the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan’s argument that his experience in the Indian Air Force could not be considered as equivalent qualification for the post of physical education teacher since it was not equivalent to diploma in physical education or BPED.
After Girish Ahuja retired from the Indian Air Force, he later applied for the post of PET in Kendriya Vidyalaya, under the ministry of human resource development (HRD), in August 2007, but his application was rejected by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan that runs the schools on the ground that he was not holding a degree required to be a physical training teacher in a school.
Ahuja claimed his experience was certified by the ministry of labour as well as the ministry of personnel, public grievance and pension.
Source:- The Times of India 11 Sep. 09 Page No.5 Delhi
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