GOPAL KRUSHNA RATH Vs. M A A BAIG

JUDGEMENT

(1.) On 1-6-91 an advertisement was issued for the post, inter alia, of a Professor in the Post-Graduate Department of Law, University of Sambalpur. In the advertisement the essential qualifications for the post of Professor were :

(2.) The essential qualification prescribed in the advertisement included 10 years experience of teaching and/or research. This was in accordance with the then existing guidelines of the University Grants Commission prescribing minimum qualifications for appointment to the post of Professor. The last date of submitting applications was 15-7-91.

(3.) On 25-7-91 the Syndicate prepared an assessment chart of the candidates who had submitted their applications pursuant to the advertisement. On 11-5-92 interviews were held for the post by the specially constituted Selection Committee. The Committee selected the present appellant for appointment to the post of Professor in the Post Graduate Department of Law, University of Sam-balpur.