SANTANU DAS Vs. NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Vide the present petition, the petitioner seeks setting aside the impugned selection procedure and further selection of respondent no. 3 herein, vide the interview dated 20.02.2012 for the post of Assistant Professor (Extension) in pursuance of the advertisement in December, 2011. Further seeks direction thereby directing the respondent no. 1 & 2 to follow and implement the guidelines of reservation policy for SCs and STs for the recruitment of teaching faculties in the institutions. The petitioner also seeks directions thereby considering the case of the petitioner after complying the reservation policy for SC/ST for the recruitment of faculties in the institutions amongst the candidates who had applied in response to the advertisement dated December, 2011.

(2.) Brief facts of the case are that the respondent no. 1 is an autonomous organization under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India i.e. respondent no.2. The respondent no. 1 is engaged in training which covers every aspect of theatre and in which theory is related to practice. The respondent no. 1 in view of its curriculum recruits teaching faculty for different programmes. Accordingly, the said respondent vide an advertisement in the month of December, 2011 on its website invited applications for the post of Assistant Professor(Extension) under the pay band of 15600-39100 plus grade pay 5400 wherein the requisite qualifications and experience of the candidates were mentioned.

(3.) The petitioner has graduated from National School of Drama in the year 1998 and has been engaged in theatre activities for quite a long period of time. The petitioner has worked as freelancer theatre designer, director and teacher. He has also worked with National School of Drama in different theatre workshops as teacher and camp director. The petitioner cleared the NET exams conducted by UGC in 1999 December and joined Rabindra Bharti University as Lecturer of set design in Drama Department in April, 2001.