BHAGYA V. Vs. CHIKKAMAGALURU INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner is assailing the Notification dtd. 20/7/2022 issued by the respondent No.1 insofar as the post of Professor (Annexure-K), inter-alia seeking direction to the respondent No.1 to prepare the selection list of Professor in the Department of Physiology on the basis of merit list as per order dtd. 1/4/2022 (Annexure-C), consequently appoint the petitioner to the post of Professor in the Department of Physiology.

(2.) It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner is working as a Professor in JJM Medical College, Davanagere in the Department of Physiology. It is stated in the writ petition that, the petitioner completed MBBS degree in the year 2002 from the Bangalore Medical College and completed Masters in Physiology (MD-Physiology) from Bangalore Medical College during the year 2007. Petitioner joined the JJM Medical College, Davanagere as Assistant Professor during the year 2007 and worked in the said Institution in the posts of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor for fourteen years.

(3.) It is further stated in the writ petition that the respondent No.1 published a Notification dtd. 28/5/2021 (Annexure-A), inviting applications from eligible candidates for various posts including the post of Professor in physiology. Last date for filing application was on 14/6/2021. Walk-in- interview was conducted from 21/6/2021. There are six posts of Professor, out of which, one post was reserved for local cadre (Kalyana Karnataka Region), one post each was reserved for Schedule Caste (Gen), General Merit (Gen), Schedule Tribe (Gen), General Merit (Women), Category-I (Gen). The said Notification was passed in pursuance of the Government orders with regard to allocation of classification of reservation.