JUDGMENT

Sen, J.-Leave granted.

2. Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat Fort, Varanasi, is an educational institution run by and under the control of Krishnamurthi Foundation India. The post of Lecturer in English fell vacant in the college. An advertisement was issued by the College on 12.8.1989 in a number of newspapers inviting applications for the post. The eligibility requirement for the post, according to the advertisement, was :

(a) A good academic record and at least a high Second Division in the Master s Degree in the relevant subject from a recognised University.

(b) A Doctorate or M. Phil. Degree or an equivalent published work showing an ability to carry out independent research work. DESIRABLE : A good working knowledge of Hindi and English.

3. Tribhuwan Nath Tripathi was one of the candidates for the post. Tripathi had a Master s Degree in English, but did not have any Doctorate or M.Phil Degree. Tripathi had a claim that he had registered himself for Ph.D. in March, 1986 on the research topic "Neo-Romanticism in Modern British Poetry". He had several publications and books to his credit which were as under :-

Publications :

(i)