The Delhi High Court today directed the Centre to appoint a former Indian Air Force man for the post of Physical Education Teacher (PET) in Kendriya Vidyalaya within a month after considering his 20 years experience in the force as equivalent qualification. A Division Bench of Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Reva Khetrapal set aside an order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) upholding the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathans decision rejecting the application filed by Girish Ahuja for the post of PET. Ahuja worked as Ground Training Instructor for 20 years and obtained a certificate from Centre in order to apply for the post in August 2007. The Bench rejected the Associations argument that his experience in Air Force could not be considered as equivalent qualification for the post of PET since it was not equivalent to Diploma in physical education or BPED. After serving the Force,Ahuja retired and later applied for the post of PET in Kendriya Vidyalaya,run by the Ministry of Human Resource Development(HRD),in August 2007 but his application was rejected by the Sangathan. He claimed his experience was certified by the Ministry of Labour as well as the Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievance and Pension.
