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3. On 25th November, 2013, the Petitioner applied for the post. Along with his application, he enclosed copies of mark statements/certificates issued by Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management University, Sikkim ("EIILM"), including for a Diploma in Library Science (January, 2011 to December, 2011) and for Bachelor of Commerce for the first and second years for the sessions July, 2010 to June, 2012.

7. The Petitioner submitted a representation dated 13th May, 2016, which was rejected by the Respondent Institute by communication dated 5th July, 2016. That communication explains the Respondent Institute's reasoning in detail, relying upon the regulatory position taken by UGC and the State Government of Sikkim, and reiterating that the EIILM Diploma relied upon was not a valid essential qualification. It also refers to the probation rules of the Institute, and states that the Petitioner's appointment could not be sustained once the essential qualification was found "invalid".

Validity of the EIILM Diploma for employment purposes:

13. The Petitioner leans heavily on EIILM's status as a State private university and its recognition under Section 2(f), coupled with its power under Section 22 of the UGC Act to award degrees. That, however, does not answer the question the case actually poses. The controversy is not about EIILM's existence as a university in the abstract. It is about the legal status of the particular qualification relied upon by the Petitioner for public employment.

16. The record further shows that a Fact-Finding Committee was constituted by UGC in the light of complaints about EIILM's activities, including unauthorised study centres, franchising of higher education, and issuance of degrees without the prescribed academic framework. The Committee visited the University in April 2015. The material relied upon by the Institute records that the Committee recommended dissolution of EIILM University under the State Act, noted that EIILM, being unitary, had no (2005) 5 SCC 420.