P&H: Validated Distance Education Engineering Degrees Cannot Bar Future Promotion
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the proposed promotion of Haryana government employees who obtained engineering degrees through distance education between 2001 and 2005. Justice Nidhi Gupta held that once the degrees were validated after the candidates cleared the AICTE examination, the employees could be considered for future service benefits, including promotion.
The petitioners, who were working as Sub-Divisional Engineers, argued that the private respondents were not eligible for promotion to the post of Executive Engineer. They relied on the Supreme Court’s decision in Orissa Lift Irrigation Corporation Ltd. v. Rabi Shankar Patro, under which...
