Summary:
Tilak Raj, Executive Engineer, O&M, said, “I have a degree obtained through distance education programme and it is valid for promotion. Superintending Engineer (O&M) Anurag Mahajan had filed a petition with the High Court against the appointment of Tilak Raj. The charge given to Tilak Raj was the responsibility of an superintending engineer. Mahajan contended that one with distance education degree was not eligible for promotion to the post of superintending engineer. In his petition, Mahajan claimed that Tilak Raj had a degree with distance education..