further appears that Dr. Chandan Kumar Tripura has
secured 53.97 API score where Dr. Nazaru Debbarma, who admittedly is
junior to Dr. Chandan Kumar Tripura ... obtained 53.6 API score.
5. The main contention of learned senior counsel appearing for the
petitioner is that since Dr. Chandan Kumar Tripura has already
though the respondent No. 6 on his own assessment
claimed 400.5 API score for selection to the post of Principal of Kokrajhar Girls College ... interview, the concerned selection board assessed him only 157.2 API score and as
such, he was not selected for the post of Principal of Kokrajhar
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(API) score for the post of Associate Professors was not
ascertained. The interview ... eligible applicants. Scrutiny Committee did not
ascertain the satisfaction of minimum API Score of 300 as per
the UGC Regulations, then in force
that instructions
(Annexure P-3) lay down the procedure how the API score is to be
evaluated. It is nowhere mentioned in these instructions that ... while granting
pay band IV on the basis of API score, the candidate will also be interviewd
and remarks would be recorded
made on Academic Performance Indicator (for
short "API"). Therein, the cap for API score was removed. It was
required to be taken into ... brought, which reads as follows :
"Provided also that the API score claim of
each of the sub-categories in the Category
III (Research
Higher Education Department through Office Memorandum dated 13.06.2025,
wherein the minimum API score required for promotion is 45 per assessment
period. The petitioner contends that ... from a reliable source
that he has only been given 40 API score and therefore, he will not be eligible to
be promoted as Associate
dated 17.01.2025, published the list of
candidates along with their respective API scores, wherein the API score
of the petitioner was shown ... similar Advertisement bearing No.08/2022 and in that advertisement
also API score regarding previous teaching experience was not included
in respect of the petitioner
petition is for a direction to the authorities to declare the API Score of all the candidates in the subject Ancient History, Archaeology and Culture ... petitioner to participate in the interview on the basis of the API Score.
This Court had entertained the writ petition on 12.06.2023.
A short counter
been mentioned that
assessment of Academic Performance Indicators (API) score is
the basis of screening or shortlisting of candidate for interview.
Whereas the highest API ... Score under UR category is 93 out of
total API Score 100, the petitioner has obtained 73 API score out
of 100. The merit list
same, it was found that the Screening Committee had revisited the API
scores of candidates listed under Non-Eligible Candidates. The petitioner
whose API score ... post of Assistant Professor
(Botany) while some candidate scoring an API Score of 77 and less were
included in the list of shortlisted candidates
