The Supreme Courtroom has handed an interim order restraining the appointment of lecturers in colleges and faculties except they possess the {qualifications} prescribed underneath the Proper to Schooling Act, the Nationwide Council for Instructor Schooling (NCTE) Act, and the College Grants Fee (UGC) Act.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana directed, as an interim measure, that no instructor shall be appointed or continued in service in colleges or faculties with out the requisite {qualifications} prescribed underneath the relevant statutory framework.
“As an interim measure, no instructor shall be appointed/noticed in colleges/faculties except possessing requisite prescribed qualification underneath Proper to Schooling Act/NCTE Act/UGC Act,” the Bench ordered.
The interim path got here whereas the Courtroom issued discover on a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) difficult statutory schemes that present for the provincialisation of lecturers and staff of academic establishments.
The PIL questions the constitutional validity of such schemes to the extent that they allow lecturers and different staff of such establishments to enter substantive Authorities service with out present process a good, clear and aggressive recruitment course of.
Case – RAJESH CHAUHAN AND ANR. Versus UNIO OF INDIA AND ORS. W.P.(C) No. 1102/2026
