JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner has challenged the select list of Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientists Sericulture issued by respondent No.2, whereby respondents No.3 to 8 have been temporarily appointed as Professor-cum-Junior Scientists Sericulture.

2. Briefly stated, case of the petitioner is that she responded to Advertisement Notice No.01 of 2017 dated 13.03.2017, issued by respondent No.2, whereby applications were invited for selection against various posts including the posts of Professor-cum-Junior Scientists Sericulture. It has been submitted that as per the criteria fixed by the respondent University, Academic Performance Indicator (API) was to be formulated as per the qualifications and certificates of each candidate and 80 points were allocated for API score whereas 20 points were allocated for interview/viva voce. According to the petitioner she had performed extremely well during the selection process but when the impugned selection list was issued by respondent No.2, she did not find her name in the same.

3. The petitioner has challenged the impugned selection list on the ground that while calculating the API score of the petitioner, the official respondents have not