JUDGMENT :

Mohit Kumar Shah, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs:

"(i) Issuance of an appropriate writ including a writ in the nature of writ of certiorari quashing the impugned part of the advertisement issued pursuant to the notice dated 21.09.2020 (Annexure-6) of the respondent Bihar State University Service Commission (hereinafter referred to in short as BSUSC) inviting online applications in prescribed format only given in the said advertisement on website of the said Commission for regular appointment on the vacant posts of Assistant Professors in different Universities of the State of Bihar and its constituent colleges on the basis of requisition received from the Education Department, Government of Bihar, but unfortunately and surprisingly enough in the schedule annexed to the said advertisement/notice" in the list of the concerned (core) subjects of Zoology (at serial no. 1) and Botany (at serial no. 16)" in the column of its applied/relevant subjects there in no mention of "Bioinformatics" which is an allied subject in the core subjects of Botany and Zoology as duly accepted by the various Universities and Public Service Commissions and teaching institutions within our country on the basis of guidelines of University Grants Commission (hereinafter referred to in short as UGC) and so the matter relating to appointments in "concerned (core) subjects of Botany and Zoology" should not be allowed unless and until the allied subject of "Bioinformatics" is added in it.

(ii) Issuance of an appropriate writ including a writ in the nature of writ of mandamus directing/commanding the respondents to forthwith issue a corrigendum to the effect that the allied subject of "Bioinformatics" had been added/included in the field of " concerned (core) subjects of Botany and Zoology" as notified in the Commission notice dated 21.09.2020.

(iii) Issuance of an appropriate writ including a writ in the nature of writ of certiorari quashing the impugned part of the corrigendum dated 17.11.2020 (Annexure-10) of the respondent BSUSC stating in the remarks column that "Hons. Degree in Botany/Zoology is essential." The same is not at all required hence it be kindly quashed."

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner possesses the degree of M.Sc in Bioinformatics from the Banasthali University, which she had obtained in the year 2010, whereafter, she was granted the certificate with regard to the same on 19.01.2011 by the said University. The petitioner is stated to have also passed the CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for lectureship (NET), which was held on 19.06.2011, whereafter she was issued the required certificate on 16.11.2011. The petitioner is stated to have attended various national/international seminars and conferences on Bioinformatics and its allied fields in between the year 2014-2017, apart from her research papers having been published in various leading journals. The petitioner is stated to have also acquired the Ph.D. Degree in the field of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics from the University of Calcutta in the year 2019 and was granted the requisite certificate on 28.01.2020 by the University of Calcutta.

3. The Bihar State University Service Commission issued an advertisement/notice dated 21.09.2020 for making regular appointments on the post of Assistant Professors in different universities and constituent colleges in various subjects including the subject "Botany" and online applications, in the prescribed format, were invited to be filed by 02.05.2020 (5:00 pm). The essential educational qualifications have been prescribed under Clause 4.1.A. of the aforesaid notice dated 21.09.2020, which is reproduced herein-below:

"4.1.A. (i) A Masters degree from any Indian University with 55% marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale, wherever grading system is followed, in concerned/relevant/allied subjects, or equivalent degree from any acc