2025:UHC:2111-DB SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPSB No. 39 of 2021 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Tilok Ram Sharma, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Shailendra Nauriyal, learned counsel for petitioner. 2. Mr. Sudhir Kumar Nailwal, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. Petitioner possesses Basic Training Certificate (B.T.C.) besides bachelor’s degree, which makes him eligible for appointment as Assistant Teacher in a government basic school. 4. Petitioner has challenged Rule 15 (3) of the Recruitment Rules, applicable for the post of basic school teachers, which treats B.Ed qualification holders as eligible for appointment as teacher in a government basic school. 5. Since the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of “Devesh Sharma vs. Union of India and Others”, reported in 2023 11 S.C.R. 167, has held that B.Ed is not a sufficient qualification for appointment as teacher in a basic/primary school, therefore, the 2025:UHC:2111-DB candidates with B.Ed qualification cannot be appointed as Assistant Teacher in government basic school. 6. With the aforesaid observations, Writ Petition (S/B) No. 39 of 2021 stands disposed of accordingly. (Ashish Naithani, J.) (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 24.03.2025 Shiksha SHIKSHA BINJOLA Digitally signed by SHIKSHA BINJOLA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3410ef86ae41ec9fbabcd5dba6b3 a2c24b5aa08b09c12f21822fbd40bf639b1c, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=FD80A2D028949381C52796 A542D7FF0A9BED00E67B5283D205F18FE2 9BDF5DD9, cn=SHIKSHA BINJOLA Date: 2025.03.24 15:55:05 +05'30'