Observing that the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, gave a go-by to the UGC guidelines in the process of selection to the post of assistant professor in food engineering, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the varsity to redo the selection process from the stage of drawing up from list of candidates.
The court pointed that the varsity had notified the provisional selection of a candidate from among the applicants merely based on the marks obtained in the qualifying exam without considering other parameters and scorecard method as prescribed in the UGC guidelines.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Venu S.A., an applicant to the post. The petitioner had questioned the provisional selection list notified by the varsity on July 12, 2023.
