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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
JAY SENGUPTA
Tapan Kumar Das – Appellant
Versus
State Of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
JAY SENGUPTA, J.
1. This an application for directing the respondent authorities to appoint the petitioner as Professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, reserved for the Scheduled Caste, pursuant to an advertisement being No. Est./Advt/6529/2019 dated 13.02.2019 for the direct requirement of the said post.
2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted as follows. The University of Calcutta (hereinafter referred to as the ‘said University’) by an Advertisement being No. Est./Advt/6529/2019 dated 13.02.2019 invited application for direct requirement to the post of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in different Departments of the said University. The petitioner applied in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies for the post of Professor, reserved for the Scheduled Caste. The petitioner being a Scheduled Caste candidate applied for that one vacancy in the scheduled caste category. The petitioner was then working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of AIHC under the said University. While working in the AIHC Department, the petitioner had throughout enhanced his qualification and had made sever
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