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Post-graduate degree, by 'post-graduate degree' is meant a Master's degree like the M.A. or M.Sc. and not a Bachelor's degree like the B.T. In other words, the expression connotes the successful completion of a course of studies at a higher level in any speciality, after the acquisition of a basic qualification at the graduate level. The B.T. course of studies, is open only to graduates and in a dictionary manner of speaking, the degree of 'Bachelor of Teaching' may be said to be a 'post' graduate degree in the same that the degree is obtainable only 'after graduation', Juthika Bhattacharya v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1976 SC 2534 (2536): (1976) 4 SCC 96.

Post-graduate degree, has acquired, in the educatio-nal world, a special significance, a technical content. A Bachelor's degree like the B.T., or the LL.B. is not considered to be a postgraduate degree even though those degrees can be taken only after post-graduate. In the refined and elegant world of education, it is the holder of a Master's degree like the M.Ed. or the LL.M. who earn recognition as the holder of a post-graduate degree, Juthika v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1976 SC 2534: (1976) UJ (SC) 786: (1976) Cur LJ (Civ) 556: (1976) Cr LJ 596: (1976) 2 Ser LJ 835.