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Subject: Original Application (OA) No.496 of 2009 under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Sir, In continuation of this office letter of even No. dated th 5 May, 2009, the following points are clarified:

 Point(c) of the OA: The University Grants Commission vide its Notification dated 14th June, 2006 amended its Regulations of 2000 regarding minimum qualifications required for the appointment and career advancements of teachers in Universities and affiliated colleges. According to the amended Regulations, the National Eligibility Test (NET) is the compulsory requirement of appointment as Lecturer for those with postgraduate degree. The candidates having Ph.D. Degree in the concerned subject are exempted from NET for PG Level and UG Level Teaching. The candidates having M.Phil Degree in the concerned subject are exempted from NET for UG level Teaching only. The said amendment to Regulations was reported to the Executive Council of the University in its meeting held on 23rd June, 2006 and the same was circulated to the Colleges vide Circular dated 29th June, 2006. It is clear from the above that requirement of qualifying the National Eligibility Test is required for appointment as Lecturers only and not for other teaching posts such as Professor, Reader and Principal of Colleges.

14. The qualification for the post of Lecturer is provided in Ordinance XXIV which stipulates that for the post of Lecturer the candidate should have passed Master‟s degree in the relevant subject with 55% marks and should have qualified NET conducted by the UGC. However, general note to the clause clarifies that NET is not compulsory for the candidates who holds a Ph.D. degree in a relevant subject. Resultantly, it is observed that Ph.D. is not compulsory even for the post of Lecturer and that Ph.D. is only an alternate qualification. According to the Delhi University/UGC Ph.D. is not an essential qualification to teach. A Master‟s degree and NET suffices. It is axiomatic that the purpose of NET which is an eligibility condition required only for entry level teaching position of a Lecturer is a requirement for entry level position of lecturers where their credentials as teachers have not been established through track record. Therefore, it is noticed that since NET is not a requirement for the post of Principal the condition of Ph.D. or M.Phil. in a relevant discipline that gives exemption from NET for the post of Lecturer has no applicability in interpreting the eligibility requirements for the post of a Principal.