JUDGEMENT

JYOTI SINGH, J.

1. This is the second round of litigation by the Petitioner. By this writ petition, Petitioner seeks inter alia quashing of letter dated 22.05.2021, whereby Respondent No. 1/Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Institute’) has rejected Petitioner’s application for the post of Professor (Surgical Hepatology) on the ground that he does not fulfil the eligibility criteria of publications as prescribed under the Institute’s Recruitment Rules (hereinafter referred to as the ‘RRs’). Writ of mandamus is sought directing the Institute to re-initiate the process of screening/selection in terms of order passed by this Court on 01.02.2021, in the earlier writ petition filed by the Petitioner being W.P.(C) 1129/2021.

2. Factual score, as per the narrative in the writ petition and necessary for adjudicating the issues emanating therefrom is that the Petitioner completed his MBBS and M.S. in General Surgery from Kanpur University and thereafter pursued his Ph.D. in Gastro- intestinal (GI) Surgery from Delhi University. He joined the Department of GI Surgery at G.B. Pant Hospital in 1986 as a Resident, where he dedicatedly offered his servi