Sri Kari Thimmarayaswamy Education Society vs. State of Karnataka [MANU/KA/0364/1990]: Supreme Court of India
It is not necessary that the Government should demonstrate the basis for enhancement of the educational qualification
16. We are not concerned with a similar
situation in the instant cases. What we are concerned with is the legality of
the enhancement of the educational qualification from S.S.L.C. to P.U.C. for
admission of the students to C.P.Ed. course. I must observe that no statistical
data is required for the purpose of enhancement of the educational
qualification in these cases. It is best left to the wisdom of the executive in
laying down its educational policy in this regard. Regulatory measures for the
purpose of admission of students to C.P.Ed. course are clearly governed by
policy considerations in consonance with the National Policy on Education,
1988. It is not necessary that the Government should demonstrate the basis for
enhancement of the educational qualification and prove its credentials by
supporting the enhancement on a statistical basis to disprove arbitrariness. To
apply the data and statistics test to the instant cases, in my opinion, would
be less than proper. Such tests are inappropriate in the facts and
circumstances of these cases. I do not think the said decision of this Court is
of any assistance to the petitioners.