JUDGMENT :

Arup Kumar Goswami, J.

This writ appeal is preferred against the judgment and order dated 06.03.2018 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) No. 47 of 2017, whereby the writ petition filed by the respondent no. 1 as writ petitioner was allowed.

2. We have heard Dr. Doma T. Bhutia, learned counsel appearing for the appellants. We have also heard respondent no.1, who has appeared in-person, and Mr. Thinlay Dorjee Bhutia, learned counsel appearing for respondent no.2.

3. The writ petitioner essentially raised a grievance regarding non-consideration of his case under Career Advancement Scheme (for short, CAS) of the Sikkim University from Stage-IV to Stage-V, i.e., from Associate Professor to Professor. According to him, though he fulfilled the eligibility criteria in terms of University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2010 (for short, UGC Regulations), his case was not considered.

4. For the pr