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Hon'ble R.C. Khulbe, J.

Pursuant to the advertisement issued on 04.08.2017, the petitioner participated in the selection process and, on the results of the selection process being declared on 04.01.2019 recommending the names of the unofficial respondents for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor (Drawing and Painting) in various Government colleges of the State of Uttarakhand, she has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court.

2. Mr. C.D. Bahuguna, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, would submit that the said advertisement, issued by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, is contrary to the UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teacher and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education, 2010; Clause 6.00 thereof stipulates the selection procedure; Clause 6.0.1 stipulates that the overall selection procedure shall incorporate a transparent, objective and credible methodology of analysis of the merits and credentials of the applicants based on weightages given to the performance of the candidate in different relevant dimensions and his/her performance on a scoring system proforma, based on the Academic Performance Indicators (API) as provided in these Regulations in Tables I to IX of Appendix III; Clause 6.0.2 stipulates that the Universities shall adopt these Regulations for selection committees, and selection procedures, through their respective statutory bodies incorporating the Academic Performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) at the institutional level for University Departments, and their Constituent colleges/ affiliated colleges (Government/Government- aided/Autonomous/Private Colleges) to be followed transparently in all the selection processes; an indicative PBAS template proforma for direct recruitment and for Career Advancement Schemes (CAS), based on API based PBAS, shall also be sent separately by the UGC to the universities; and the Universities may adopt the template proforma or may devise their own self-assessment cum performance appraisal forms for teachers in strict adherence to the API criteria based PBAS prescribed in these Regulations. Appendix - III of the 2010 Regulations prescribes the minimum scores for APIs for direct recruitment of teachers in Universities departments/Colleges. The minimum API score for an Assistant Professor is the minimum qualifications as is stipulated in the Regulations. The Selection Committee criteria/weightages for the total marks of 100 is (a) Academic Record and Research Performance (50%); (b) Assessment of Domain Knowledge and Teaching Skills (30%); (c) Interview Performance (20%).