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5. Thus, according to the petitioners, it is clear that clauses 4.4.1, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 6.0.1, and 6.0.2 and Appendix-III Table II(c) shall be followed by the 1st respondent University in the matter of appointment to the post of Assistant Professor. Accordingly, petitioners were called for interview by issuing Ext.P6 intimation. It was specifically stipulated in Ext.P6 that those candidates who are working in any establishment shall produce the No- Objection Certificate and records pertaining to Academic Performance Indicators, however, the stipulations contained in Ext.P6 intimation are contrary to the provisions of Minimum Qualification Regulations, 2010 in the matter of procedure to be followed at the time of selection as the same stipulates that API score need be produced only by those candidates who are working in any establishment currently.

24. Likewise, clause 6.2.0 stipulates that, the minimum norms of Selection Committees and Selection Procedures as well as API score requirements for the above cadres, either through direct recruitment or through Career Advancement Schemes Regulations, shall be similar. However, since teachers recruited directly can be from different backgrounds and institutions, Table II(c) of Appendix-III provides norms for direct recruitment of teachers to different cadres, while Tables II(a) and Table II(b) provide for CAS promotions of teachers in Universities and colleges respectively, which accommodate these differences.

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                   Assistant             Associate       Professor/
                   Professor/            Professor/      equivalent
                   equivalent            equivalent      cadres(Stage 5)
                   cadres(Stage 1)       cadres(Stage 4)
       Minimum   Minimum                 Consolidated      Consolidated
      API Scores Qualification           API score API score
                 as stipulated           requirement of    requirement of
                 in these                300 points from   400 points from
                 regulations             category III of   category III of
                                         APIs APIs
       Selection   a) Academic           a) Academic       e) Academic
       Committee   Record and            Background        Background
       criteria/   Research              (20%)             (20%)
      weightages   Performance           b) Research       f) Research
         (Total    (50%)                 performance       performance
      Weightages   b) Assessment         based on API      based on API
         = 100)    of Domain             score and         score and
                   Knowledge and         quality of        quality of
                   Teaching Skills       publications      publications
                   (30%)                 (40%).            (40%).
                   c) Interview          c) Assessment     g) Assessment
                   performance           of Domain         of Domain
                   (20%)                 Knowledge and     Knowledge and
                                         Teaching Skills   Teaching Skills
                                         (20%).            (20%)
                                         d) Interview      Interview
                                         performance       performance
                                         (20%).            (20%).


26. The contention advanced by the petitioners is that, the specifications contained under the Regulation 6.0.0 as well as the Appendix specified above are not followed by the interview board, which allegation, in my considered opinion, is not disputed at all either by the University or the party respondents convincingly and satisfactorily. It is also clearly stated that, without verifying API scores produced by the petitioners at the time of interview, they were returned to the petitioners. So also, it is contended by learned counsel for the petitioners that, nowhere in the score sheet, a split-up figure in accordance with Appendix-III is provided, and only a total score is provided, which is against the Regulations, 2010. I find force in the said contention also, since the specific allegations so made by the petitioners in the writ petition are not denied either by the University or the party respondents.