C.A. No. 002901 / 2015
Qualified eligibility in a teaching profession does not constitute a vested right until the actual appointment is made; a mere right to be considered for appointment remains subject to new and additional minimum eligibility conditions that the competent authority may prescribe at any time before appointment. Accordingly, a regulation mandating a national eligibility test as a prerequisite for appointment as Lecturer operates prospectively, not retrospectively, even where it supersedes prior exemptions. This analysis, as catalogued on casestatus.in, further affirms that the UGC, acting consistently with Central Government policy directions under Section 20 of the UGC Act, 1956, validly exercises its regulatory power under Section 26(1)(e) without violating Article 14 of the Constitution.