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2015 (8) TMI 69 - SC - Indian LawsCentral Government by letter dated 3rd November, 2010 stated candidates seeking appointment to post of Lecturer/Assistant Professor must fulfill minimum qualifications, including condition of passing NET test as prescribed by UGC Held that:- by Section 20 of University Grants Commission Act, 1956, Central Government is empowered to give directions on questions of policy relating to national purposes which shall guide Commission in discharge of its functions. Vested right would arise only if any of Appellants was actually appointed to post Till date, there is no vested right in any of appellants, at highest, they could only contend that they have right to be considered for post Merely because additional eligibility condition in form of NET test was laid down it did not mean that any vested right of Appellants was affected Object of directions of Central Government were to maintain excellence in standards of higher education and there was nothing arbitrary or discriminatory in this Larger public interest was nothing less than having highly qualified Assistant Professors to teach in UGC Institutions Decision in the case of Trimbak Damodhar Rajpurkar v. Assaram Hiraman Patil [1961 (11) TMI 65 - SUPREME COURT] followed Decided against Appellant.
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