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6) Mr. K. Gogoi, learned Standing counsel, Higher Education Department placed a judgment of the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court in WP(C) No. 4788/2011 dated 07.02.2017 (Prahlad Konch and 93 others Vs. State of Assam and Three Others) and stated that similarly placed Assistant Professors of Venture College having M.Phil Degree approached this Court for exemption from the requirement of NET/SLET qualification for the purpose of consideration of provincialisation of their service under the said 2011 Act and the Division Bench, by its Judgment and Order dated 07.02.2017 passed in said case, categorically observed that the decision of the Central Government, communicated through the letter dated 03.11.2010, in pursuant to the resolution of the UGC for exemption from NET requirement, to reject the resolution for exemption and specifying that NET/SLET was a compulsory for teaching positions, as a part of the National policy for maintenance of standards in higher education and, therefore, any dilution of standard by a Court order would surely undermine the Nation's interest and also the power given to the Central Government, under Section 20 of the UGC Act, 1956. Therefore the Court (said Division Bench) cannot but hold that the petitioners are not entitled to any exemption from the requirement of NET/SLET qualification (at Para 17).