% Judgment delivered on: 11.07.2014
+ WP(C) No. 5162/2013 and CM Nos.11608/2013, 14915/2013, 14916/2013 and 14917/2013
DR. VEENA GAUR AND ORS. .... PETITIONERS
VERSUS
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI AND ORS. .....RESPONDENTS
ADVOCATES WHO APPEARED IN THIS CASE:
For the Petitioners : Mr. Ankit Jain, Advocate
For the Respondents: Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Advocate for R-1 Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Ms. Pratibha Sinha and
Mr. Aaayush Raj, Advocates for R-2 & 3
Mr. Kameshwar Singh, Advocates for R-4 to 8
CORAM :-
HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAJIV SHAKDHER
RAJIV SHAKDHER, J
1. The four petitioners, before me are aggrieved by the fact that even though they are eligible and had worked as Assistant Professors in the Department of Buddhists Studies for several years; albeit on ad-hoc basis, they were not considered for appointment to the said post against an advertisement issued in that behalf.
1.1 The sole ground on which the petitioners were denied an interview call pursuant to the advertisement dated 11.01.2012 taken out by respondent no.1 (in short the University of Delhi) for the post of Assistant Professor was that, they did not secure 50% marks at the graduation level.
WP(C) 5162/2013 Page 1 of 32 1.2 Undeniably, the petitioners have secured higher qualifications including