1 S.B. WRIT PETITION NO.5453/2007 Suja Ram Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. DATE OF ORDER : 3.4.2008 HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. Mukesh Rajpurohit, for the petitioner. Mr. N.M. Lodha, Addl. Adv. General. **** By this petition for writ petitioner is claiming appointment to the post of Teacher Gr.III, a post under the Rajasthan Panchayatraj Rules, 1996. The contention of the petitioner is that he is having the qualification of BA Foundation from Kota University, thus, is entitled to be considered for appointment on the post aforesaid but the respondents rejected his candidature erroneously. It is also asserted that on basis of BA Foundation Course admission was allowed to the petitioner in BSTC, therefore, the foundation course is nothing but a course equivalent to Senior Secondary School Examination. Per contra the stand of the respondents is that the State Government has not at all treated BA Foundation Course as equivalent to the Senior Secondary School Examination. Hence, in view of the provisions of Rule 266 of the Rajasthan Panchayatraj Rules, 1996 the petitioner is not eligible to be considered for appointment on the post in question. As per Rule 266 an incumbent must possess (i) senior secondary school certificate or Intermediate or its equivalent, and (ii) 2 Diploma or certificate in elementary teachers training of a duration of not less than two years Or Bachelor of Elementary Education or Graduate with Bachelor of Education or its equivalent. The petitioner is admittedly not possessing Senior Secondary School certificate or the qualification of Intermediate. He also utterly failed to satisfy the Court as to how the BA Foundation Course is a qualification equivalent to Senior Secondary School Examination. The equivalence, as a matter of fact, is required to be decided by the Government and the Government in specific terms came forward with the case that no such decision is yet taken. The petitioner, therefore, is lacking eligibility to be considered for appointment as Teacher Gr.III. The writ petition is dismissed accordingly. (GOVIND MATHUR),J. Jgoyal