R V SHIVA KUMAR Vs. JNTU A P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These six writ petitions relate to the selections/appointments made to certain posts of Assistant Professor and Professor in the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, A.P., Hyderabad pursuant to the advertisement dated 18-6-1990. As common questions are involved, all these writ petitions are heard together and they are being disposed of by this common judgment.

(2.) Four out of these six writ petitions i.e., W.P.Nos.8454 of 1991, 2206 of 1991, 2207 of 1991 and 3063 of 1991 relate to the post of Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and as such these four writ petitions go together. W.P.No.3057of 1991 relates to the post of Professor in Mechanical Engineering and W.P.No.3062 of 1991 relates to the post of Professor in Electrical Engineering.

(3.) I shall first deal with the four writ petitions relating to the post of Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering.