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4. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties and perusal of record, it is seen that petitioner claims exemption from the Computer Proficiency Test on the ground that he has acquired qualification of B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering. Therefore, he can be said to have sufficient proficiency in computer. As per appointment order (Annexure P-1) Clause 10 related to mandatory condition of the employee obtaining typing examination and one computer certificate course out of the 5 courses as mentioned in Clause 10 thereof. Clause 10 of appointment order is as under:-

5. The petitioner can be said to have sufficient computer proficiency because he has obtained the Degree of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering. However, the requirement as per Clause-10 of the appointment order was twin. Firstly, to obtain typing examination certificate and to obtain computer qualification. While the petitioner can be said to have sufficient computer proficiency by obtaining degree in Engineering in Computer Science but so far as the Hindi typing part is concerned, qualification in Computer Engineering cannot lead to inference that the petitioner has qualified Hindi typing as well. This Court has considered the issue in detail in WP No.27333/2024 in case of an employee who succeeded to obtain CPCT qualification but after the time limit of three years granted by the State and his increments were postponed for that reason. This Court has held as under:-
"7. It is undisputed that petitioner has been appointed on clerical post which was earlier known as Lower Division Clerk (LDC) and subsequently re-designated as Assistant Grade -III (AG-III). For clerical post Hindi Typing Examination used to be the requisite qualification but subsequently, the State took note of the fact that in Government functioning more and more use of computers is taking place and the person needs to be well versed in computer typing as well as in operating the computer. For that purpose, the State Government Department of GAD vide circular dated 01.07.2013 did away with the requirement of Hindi Typing Examination and in its place, put in place requirement of computer typing qualification with 30 words per minute speed in Hindi typing from M.P.Vyavasayik Pariksha Mandal. Subsequently vide circular dated 26.02.2015 (Annexure R-1) the said requirement was modified and in place of computer typing proficiency, the requirement of Computer Proficiency Certification Test (CPCT) was put in place which is composite test of computer proficiency and typing. Para-1 of circular (Annexure R-1) reads as under:-
8. The certificate of CPCT (Annnexure P-7) also makes it clear that CPCT certification is having two components i.e. computer proficiency as well as Hindi typing and English typing. The petitioner vide certificate (Annexure P-7) has qualified computer proficiency and Hindi typing as well as English typing.
9. This Court posed a query to learned counsel for the petitioner that whether he is having a separate qualification of Hindi typing, if he wants that his DCA certificate should be treated to be sufficient. The learned senior counsel for the petitioner was unable to state that the petitioner has separately obtained any Hindi typing certificate or qualification.