Archive · 27 Jan 2026
Supreme Court Upholds State Hiring Rules
The Supreme Court of India recently made an important decision about how teachers are hired in government engineering colleges.
The court said that the rules made by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) do not apply to the hiring process done by the state's public service commission.
This means that the state's own rules are more important in this case.
The court also said that if a person takes part in a job competition and loses, they cannot later complain about the rules of that competition.
In this case, a woman named Gnaneshwary Dushyant Kumari Shah had applied for a professor job and was not selected.
She later tried to say that the AICTE rules should have been followed, but the court said no.
The court explained that the AICTE rules are for making sure the education and jobs are good, not for deciding who gets hired initially.
The recruitment process happened in 2015, and the court made its decision in 2025.
The Supreme Court ruled that AICTE regulations do not apply to direct recruitments by state public service commissions.
A candidate who participates in a selection process without protest cannot challenge the rules after being declared unsuccessful.
The court upheld the Gujarat State Public Service Commission's recruitment process for professors in government engineering colleges.
The AICTE regulations are for ensuring the standard of education and service conditions, not for initial appointments.
The recruitment process in question concluded in 2015 and the judgment was made in 2025.
- Who
- Supreme Court of India
- What
- Upheld the Gujarat State Public Service Commission's recruitment process, ruling that AICTE regulations do not apply to direct recruitments by state public service commissions
- When
- The recruitment process concluded in 2015, and the judgment was made in 2025
- Where
- India, specifically involving the Gujarat State Public Service Commission and the AICTE
- Why
- The Supreme Court ruled that applying AICTE regulations to such a recruitment process would be to stretch the AICTE Regulations beyond its text, context, and purpose
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Case Involved
- Gujarat State Public Service Commission's recruitment process
- Regulations in Question
- All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) regulations
- Judges
- Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe
- Candidate
- Gnaneshwary Dushyant Kumari Shah
- Post in Question
- Professors in Government Engineering Colleges in Gujarat
- Year of Recruitment
- 2015
- Year of Judgment
- 2025