All India Council of Technical Education regulations do not apply to direct recruitments by state public service commissions, the Supreme Court has ruled. ADVERTISEMENTThe bench upheld the Gujarat State Public Service Commission’s appeal against a division bench judgment of Gujarat High Court that had invalidated the selection process on the grounds of its failure to follow AICTE regulations. The division bench had set aside a single-judge ruling that said AICTE rules would not apply to the direct recruitment of Gnaneshwary Dushyant Kumari Shah. It said that applying the AICTE regulations to such a recruitment process “conducted by the Commission under State Rules framed by the State, would be to stretch the AICTE Regulations beyond its text, context, and purpose”. “There is yet another fatal infirmity in the challenge to selection process at the behest of the candidate.

Source: The Telegraph January 27, 2026 01:23 UTC