Summary
The Court extended to similarly situated teacher candidates the qualification relief accepted by NCTE under the Rajasthan and Uttarakhand High Court judgments. The dispute concerned graduation-percentage requirements for candidates already qualified under earlier training norms, including those relying on postgraduate marks. NCTE was to issue clarification, while individual claims for further relief remained for the authorities.
Issues
- Whether the appellants could be denied qualification relief accepted by NCTE for similarly situated candidates in other States.
- How individual consequential claims were to be determined.
Held
- In light of NCTE’s express acceptance of parity with the Rajasthan and Uttarakhand judgments, there was no reason to deny the appellants similar relief concerning the disputed minimum graduation marks. The scope depended on being similarly situated under those judgments. (¶ 6–9)
- NCTE ought to clarify the position by supplementary notification and was permitted to do so within one month. Appellants and similarly placed persons could present further claims to the concerned authorities for decision according to law within one month; those individual claims were not adjudicated here. (¶ 9)
Result
Appeal disposed of with parity relief and the clarification/claim-consideration directions. No automatic appointment or determination of individual consequential entitlement ordered.