KISHOR SINGH RAJPUT Vs. STATE OF ASSAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS writ petition filed in the year 2003 is directed against the selection and appointment of the Respondent No. 5 as a Lecturer in Economics in the particular college (Chaiduar College), for which the petitioner was also a candidate.

(2.) THE petitioner is an M. A. in Economics and at the time of filing the writ petition, he was pursuing his Ph. D degree. He was also pursuing studies for Master of Science degree in Ecology and Environment through correspondence course under Sikkim Manipal University. The petitioner worked as a Lecturer in Economics in the college called Ascent Academy Junior College, Guwahati from August, 1998 to August, 1999. Thereafter, he worked against lien vacancy as Lecturer in Economics at Sankardeva Mahavidyalaya, Pathalipahar for the period from 22. 8. 1999 to 13. 5. 2000. At the time of filing the writ petition, the petitioner was working against a non-sanctioned post at St. Anthony's College, Shillong. The petitioner is a N. E. T. (National Eligibility Test) qualified candidate, which was conducted by the University Grants Commission (U. G. C.) on 29. 6. 1997.

(3.) THE college authority of Chaiduar College, Gohpur issued the Annexure-21 advertisement dated 6. 8. 2002 inviting applications from the candidates having UGC norms for a sanctioned post of Lecturer in Economics (open), in response to which the petitioner, along with others, offered his candidature. Altogether 44 candidates had applied for the post and in the selection conducted on 25. 9. 2002, 32 (thirty two) candidates appeared. The selection committee recommended 3 (three) names in order of preference for appointment. They are - (1) Shri Mahendra Hazarika (Respondent No. 5), (2) Shri Bedabrat Saikia and (3) Shri Rabindranath Hazarika.