In Brief
This case involved multiple Special Leave Petitions challenging an Orissa High Court order that directed consideration of candidates for promotion to Assistant Engineer positions under a 1994 state notification. The Supreme Court examined whether candidates with engineering degrees from distance education programmes without competent authority approval qualified as graduate engineers under recruitment rules. The Court held that such degrees do not meet the qualification requirements. Additionally, the Court confirmed that the 1994 notification was limited to accommodating the specific 22 continuing junior engineers against the 22 vacancies mentioned, and could not be extended beyond this scope.
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