The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking for a direction to the first respondent Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, to consider her appointment to the post of Assistant Professor of law (Intellectual Property Rights), by getting clarification from the second respondent University Grants Commission (for short UGC) as to the LLM Degree course undergone by her.

2. When the writ petition came up on 14.08.2012, this court directed notice to be served on the Standing Counsel for the respondents and an interim injunction was granted restraining the University from making any appointment to the post of Assistant Professor of Law (Intellectual Property Rights). The said interim order came to be extended from time to time. On notice from this court, the respondents have entered appearance through counsel.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that she did B.A. (English) in Stella Maris College, Chennai and got first class. Subsequently, she also did M.A. (English) under the Tamil Nadu Open University system and came first class. She also got LLM Degree given by the National University of Singapore on 30.6.2008. But, however, the duration of the said court is only on