High Court Order: Setback for KVS; Music Diploma Valid Along with B.Com, Grant Service Benefits with Appointment.

The Indore bench of the High Court has stated that an institution cannot arbitrarily interpret and reject a provision of 'equivalent qualification' in a recruitment advertisement. The court considered a diploma in music, along with a B.Com, as equivalent to a graduate degree in music under the KVS recruitment rules. A division bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar and Justice Jay Kumar Pillai upheld the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, stating that the Kendriya Vidyalaya...