ADIL HUSSAIN MALIK Vs. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioner, a PwD candidate in a selection process initiated for filling up the post of Assistant Professor Grade-II Level 10 in the department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, for short Institute, has not found place in the selection list framed in this behalf, therefore, is challenging the selection of respondent no. 4 who has been selected against the post in question under UR category and seeks quashment of such selection. Furthermore, the petitioner seeks a direction in the name of respondents to select him under PwD category for the post of Assistant Professor Grade-II.

(2.) Precisely, the case of the petitioner is that pursuant to advertisement notice bearing No. NIT/Faculty-Recruitment/2022/1 (F) dtd. 11/2/2022 issued by the respondent Institute for filling up, amongst others, a post of Assistant Professor in the department of Mathematics Grade-II Level 10, he offered his candidature under UR-PwD category. The selection process culminated into selection of one Bilal Ahmad Wani, respondent no. 4, a UR category candidate.

(3.) Aggrieved of his non-selection, the petitioner challenges the selection of respondent no. 4 inter alia on the grounds that the selection is arbitrary; violative of Reservation Rules, the advertisement notice, Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution.