SHASHI MANHAS [DR ] Vs. UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner has called in question the appointment of respondent No. 4 to the post of Lecturer in the discipline of Home Science, University of Jammu, primarily on the ground that the expert members of the Selection Committee were not eligible and competent to hold the interview and make selection. In addition to this, it is also urged that the members were not expert in the field. The petitioner and respondent No. 4 alongwith some others were the candidates for selection to the aforesaid post as only one post was advertised vide Advertisement Notification dated 13.10.2001. Respondent No. 4 came to be selected and consequently appointed vide appointment letter dated 22.05.2003 and petitioner remained unsuccessful.

(2.) THE Selection Committee that conducted the interviews of the petitioner, respondent No. 4 and other candidates, is the statutory Selection Committee constituted in terms of Section 36 of the Kashmir and Jammu Universities Act, 1969. The relevant extract from said section relating to selection of teachers is noticed herein below:

(3.) THE original section came to be substituted/amended vide amendment dated 14.11.2000 which reads as under: -