https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280192 A B.A. degree obtained through non-formal or distance education after BPP was treated as a valid graduation qualification for promotion purposes where it fell within the UGC framework. The Court noted that the governing regulations permit admission to the first degree course not only after 12 years of schooling but also, where there is no prior academic record, after the prescribed entrance test subject to age conditions. A circular that relied only on part of that framework was found to be an incomplete and restrictive reading, and it lacked statutory basis to deny qualification marks when the employer had earlier accepted the degree. en-us Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:43:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280192 A B.A. degree obtained through non-formal or distance education after BPP was treated as a valid graduation qualification for promotion purposes where it fell within the UGC framework. The Court noted that the governing regulations permit admission to the first degree course not only after 12 years of schooling but also, where there is no prior academic record, after the prescribed entrance test subject to age conditions. A circular that relied only on part of that framework was found to be an incomplete and restrictive reading, and it lacked statutory basis to deny qualification marks when the employer had earlier accepted the degree. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280192