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4. The petitioner further stated that his candidature has been wrongly rejected for want of experience in a Junior College. He has 4 years administrative experience as a Head Master in a Government recognized High School, but the second respondent has not counted his teaching experience from 2007 to 2010 and 2016 to 2017. The petitioner further stated that he has 3 years PGT teaching experience from 2007 to 2010, experience as School Assistant from 2010 to 2012, which itself accounts to 5 years of teaching experience. Additionally, he has one year teaching experience in an Engineering College from 2016 to 2017. His experience as a Head Master for 4 years ought to have been treated as teaching experience and the respondent No.2 ought to have included his teaching experience in 8 years experience. The teaching experience in an Engineering College is obviously at a higher level than the experience as a Junior Lecturer, which has been mentioned in the notification. The said experience gives him more mileage and his teaching experience would be advantageous to the students. Higher qualifications and experience in a higher level institution would always be in the interest of the teaching faculty. The notification prescribing experience from Schools/Junior Colleges and avoiding Engineering and Degree Colleges is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India, for the reason the candidates, who have teaching experience in Degree Colleges and Engineering Colleges, have lost an employment opportunity as a Principal under the subject notification. Hence, Condition No.4(b) of the notification be declared as ultravires.

5. In the common counter filed by the respondents, the following averments have been made opposing the claim of the petitioner regarding his teaching and administrative experience:

"25. It is respectfully submitted that, the petitioner Sri Hanmanth Ashok, with Hall Ticket No.1729001682, who filed WP.No.19863 of 2019 has acquired the qualification MA- English from OU in 2015 and B.Ed-(Social and English) in 2013 from OU and Teaching Experience from 2007 - 2012 as Teacher in a High School & Administrative Experience from June 2012 - April 2016 as Head Master and as Assistant Professor from 2016-2017.
"29. Experience prescribed is two fold. Teaching and Administrative experience. Notification requires minimum of 8 years teaching experience. Important aspect of teaching experience is one must be a Post Graduate Teacher in a High School or a Lecturer in a Junior college. The teaching experience clause is emphatic in insisting that the candidate must be eligible to become a Post Graduate Teacher even if he is working as a Junior Lecturer. Thus, mere becoming a Junior Lecturer is also not sufficient but one must be eligible to become a Post Graduate Teacher. It means he must also have same methodology in B.Ed course of study in sync with his specialization in Post Graduation. A teacher has to teach subject of his specialization and training. By studying Post Graduation in a subject or two, person acquires specialization in that subject(s). But that is not enough to teach high school students. To be able to teach the high school students he must acquire the skill to teach the subject. He acquires such skill by studying B.Ed., with methodology in the same subject(s) he studied in Post Graduation. Thus, with Post Graduation and B.Ed., with same methodology, person can be able to acquire a command to teach the students on his subject of specialization and gains good experience. Though, a Lecturer in a Junior College teaches intermediate students, but the employer wants only such Lecturers who have acquired skill to teach by opting to same methodology in B.Ed. Course. A Principal is required to perform administrative responsibilities and also required to teach. Thus, even though a person earlier worked as Junior Lecturer, he will have to teach higher secondary class students. Therefore, employer insists that he must have the training to teach this class of students.
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30. Followed by educational qualifications and teaching experience a candidate must have minimum of three years administrative experience as a Head Master of a High School or as Principal of a Junior College. It means while involving in teaching, person must also gain administrative experience by working as Head Master of a High School or as a Principal of a Junior College. The notification does not recognize acquiring administrative experience in any other manner, be it as administrative Principal/ In-charge Principal/Vice- Principal/Administrative In-charge/ District Educational Coordinator, etc. It has not made a provision to accept equivalent qualification.