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Assistant Professor/ equivalent cadres (Stage 1) Associate Professor/ equivalent cadres (Stage 4) Professor/ equivalent cadres (Stage 5) Minimum API Scores Minimum Qualification as stipulated in these regulations Consolidated API score requirement of 300 points from category III of APIs Consolidated API score requirement of 400 points from category III of APIs Selection Committee criteria/ weightages (Total Weightages=100)

a) Academic Record and Research Performance (50%)

b) Assessment of Domain Knowledge and Teaching Skills (30%)

"III 1.4 (xi): The FAC-1 shall prepare the final merit in order of the short-listed candidates based on the API score, reference letters and Quality Score. The said components shall have following relative weightages for deriving the overall score of a candidate/ applicant:

(a) API score:30%

(b) Reference letters:30%

(c) Quality score:40%.

Subsequently, the score of the reference letters:30% has been deleted from the above parameters and it was modified as under:-

"III 1.4 (xi) : The FAC-1 shall prepare the final merit in order of the short-listed candidates based on the API score, reference letters and Quality Score. The said components shall have following relative weightages for deriving the overall score of a candidate/applicant:

Assistant Professor/ equivalent cadres ( Stage-1) Assistant Professor/ equivalent cadres ( Stage-4) Professor/ equivalent (Stage-5) Minimum API Scores Minimum Qualification as stipulated in these regulations Consolidated API scores requirement of 300 points from category III of APIs Consolidated API scores requirement of 500 points from category III of APIs Selection Committee criteria/ weightages ( Total=100)

a) Academic Record and Research Performance ( 50%)

b) Assessment of Domain Knowledge and Teaching Skills ( 30%)

The purpose of screening is to eliminate unsuitable or unqualified candidates from the selection process. In the screening the unqualified candidates are eliminated on the basis of information given in the application form. Obviously the preliminary screening should be conducted by some one, who inspire confidence.

Ordinance 11.A.1 clearly prescribes the provisions for procedure of short-listing of applications under Clause III 1.4 (xi) and as such the FAC-1 shall prepare the final merit in order of the short-listed candidates based on the API score, reference letters and Quality Score. The said components shall have relative weightages for deriving the overall score of a candidate/ applicant namely (a) API score :30% (b) Reference letters: 30% and (c) Quality score : 40%. Subsequently the score of reference letters:30% has been deleted from the above parameters and relative weightages for deriving the overall score of a candidate/ applicant were provided as (a) API score : 43% and (b) Quality score: 57%. As such the purpose of FAC-1 is to ensure the final merit in order of short-listed candidates based on API score and quality score. After the short-listing of FAC-1, the details have to be furnished/ sent to FAC-2 for further consideration. Therefore, it is apparent that the FAC-1 and FAC-2 are entirely distinct stages and as per the Regulations of 2010 and Regulations of 2013 exhaustive procedure has been provided to process the credentials and track record of a candidate. As such the FAC-1 and FAC-2 stages are only meant for assessment based on objective verifiable criteria stipulated in Short-Listing Guidelines. Once FAC-1 and FAC-2 stages are over, the Selection Committee would have discretion to assess the candidate objectively and there is no ambiguity as such. The Regulation of 2010 and Regulations of 2013 clearly provides that FAC-1 and FAC-2 are meant for definite purpose and once the purpose has been achieved i.e. short-listing of candidate, the entire material is to be transmitted to the Selection Committee, which would have discretion to assess the candidates objectively.