B K Gupta & Anr vs State Of Haryana & Ors on 24 October, 2025
In view of the settled position of law as enunciated by this court
in Rakesh Kumar Krail v. State of Punjab, 2021(1) SCT 553, it is evident
that the qualification of A.M.I.E stands recognized as a statutory and valid
qualification equivalent to a Degree in Engineering. Once A.M.I.E has been
judicially acknowledged to be at par with a Degree in Engineering, any
discrimination in extending the same benefit to similarly situated employees
possessing the A.M.I.E qualification would be arbitrary and violative of the
principles of equality enshrined under Article 14 of the Constitution of India
when the state itself by (Annexure P-1) has decided to extend the same.