TET Qualification Must Exist on Date of Initiation of Promotion Process, Subsequent Clearance Cannot Apply Retrospectively: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that teachers seeking promotion must possess the required TET/CTET qualification on the date when the promotion process begins and that candidates who clear the examination later cannot claim retrospective inclusion in the same promotion process. The Court clarified that merely appearing for the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) or Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) during the pendency of the promotion process does not create any…