J U D G M E N T

WA.805/2017, WA.806/2017, WA.807/2017, WA.1713/2018, WA.1744/2018, WA.1792/2018 Dated this the 16th day of March, 2020 Shaffique, J.

WA No.1792/2018 is filed by the University of Kerala and its officers challenging the judgment in WP(C) No. 2951/2013. The writ petition is filed by a candidate who applied for the post of Lecturer in Sociology as per notification issued by University of Kerala (hereinafter referred to as 'the University') on 13/6/2011. According to her, though she was qualified for being appointed as a Lecturer as per the specifications in the notification and Regulations prescribed by UGC, she challenged the action of the University in considering the 4th respondent Dr.M.S.Jayakumar for the said post. The contention of the petitioner was that the 4th respondent did not have NET qualification and hence not qualified to be considered for appointment as per the UGC (Minimum qualification for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measure for the Maintenance of the Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2010. Similar contentions were raised in WP(C) Nos.20055 & 21902/2012. The learned Single Judge base