In Brief
A medical professional holding a two-year Post-Graduate Diploma sought promotion to Assistant Professor of Anaesthesiology, claiming his qualification was equivalent to the required Post-Graduate Degree. The High Court had rejected this, treating the diploma as insufficient. The Supreme Court held that the mere equivalence of qualifications must be examined and decided by the competent authority according to applicable rules, rather than dismissed outright. The Court remanded the matter, directing the respondent to undertake a fresh decision within one month on whether the appellant's diploma qualifies as equivalent to the prescribed degree, free from constraints of the earlier High Court judgment."
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