CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH AND OTHERS versus THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS
Section 22(3) of the UGC Act defines 'degree' to include Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate degrees; Clause 2.1.3 of the FSS Rules and the recruitment advertisement did not expressly exclude Master's degrees for the listed subjects (except that Chemistry specifically required a Master's); therefore Master's degrees in the specified subjects satisfy the qualification for Food Safety Officer and the appellants were wrongly disqualified; the High Court judgments were set aside.
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- Interpretation of 'degree' in statutory/advisory context
- Qualification for appointment as food safety officer
- Central government rule-making versus state government rule-making
- Ugc definition of 'degree'
- Application of food safety and standard rules, 2011 and amendment 2022