NAMIT KUMAR, J.

1. The petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court by filing the instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing the action of the selection committee for the post of Assistant Professor, Mathematics, in not recommending the name of the petitioner despite the fact that the petitioner was fulfilling minimum marks prescribed under the criteria and had obtained highest marks amongst the three candidates who had appeared before the selection committee and further direction has been sought to consider the claim of the petitioner for selection and appointment as Assistant Professor, Mathematics, against one post reserved for SC category, with all consequential benefits from the date the other candidates were selected and appointed.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case, as have been pleaded in the petition, are that J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, Faridabad (hereinafter referred to as ‘the University’), vide advertisement No.4/2020 (Annexure P-1), advertised various posts, including three posts of Assistant Professor, Mathematics, out of which one post was meant for general category; one for SC category and one for BC-A category. The petitioner, who was fully eligible and belonged to SC category, had submitted her application for the post of Assistant Professor, Mathematics under the SC category. As per the criteria of shortlisting given in Annexure-I of the advertisement, three candidates belonging to SC category, who qualified for the said post, were shortlisted. Thereafter, the shortlisted candidates were called for written examination and subsequently for interview/presentation on 20.03.2021 and final result was declared on 31.03.2021 (Annexure P-3). Though there were three posts of Assistant Professor, Mathematics, out of which one post was reserved for general category, one for BC-A and one for SC category, but in the final result, one Pooja Gupta was selected as Assistant Professor, Mathematics in general category and one Manu Rohilla was selected as Assistant Professor, Mathematics, in BC-A category, but no candidate was selected against the post of Assistant Professor, Mathematics, under SC category. The petitioner, on 20.04.2021 (Annexure P-4), submitted an application seeking information under the RTI Act, which was supplied vide letter dated 12.05.2021 (Annexure P-5) and thereafter, the petitioner served a justice demand notice dated 01.06.2021 (Annexure P-6) requesting the respondents to consider her claim for appointment. Since no action was taken by the respondents on the said justice demand notice, hence the present writ petition.

3. Written statement on behalf of the respondents-University has been filed, wherein it has been stated as under: -

“1. That the instant petition has been filed inter alia for quashing the action of the Selection Committee in not recommending the petitioner for appointment as Assistant Professor Mathematics despite obtaining highest marks amongst the three candidates who appeared before the Committee. The writ petition has been filed by mis construing the short-listing criteria and provisions of the advertisement, and is liable to be dismissed in view of the following facts and provisions of law:

i) The answering respondent University is an autonomous statutory body established under the State Act No. 21 of the 2009 - J.C. Bose University of Science & Technology, YMCA, Faridabad Act, 2009. Selection of teachers in the University is governed by the Statutes