1. In this writ petition, the petitioner is questioning the legality of the order dated 19-8-2013 issued by the University-respondent appointing the respondent No. 5 (Smt. Aparajita Dutta) for the post of Assistant Professor in the Centre for Juridical Studies, Dibrugarh University and the other show cause notices against him for the alleged acts of his misconduct.

2. The facts of the case are not in dispute. The petitioner applied for the post of Assistant Professor in the Centre for Juridical Studies of the University-respondent in response to the advertisement dated 18-10-2012. The petitioner has LL.M. degree with specialization in Business Law and obtained National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship in the subject of Law. By the time the advertisement was issued, the petitioner had completed 4 years and 7 months as Lecturer in the same Centre on contract basis, which had hitherto been extended from time to time, and had also acted as the Warden for the Hostel for PNGBCN Block B for a period of three years. The respondent No. 5 also has LL.M. degree with special paper in Criminal Law, but has NET in Criminology. Both the petitioner and the respondent No. 5 were called