GUWAHATI, India, May 6 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on April 2:

1. Heard Mr. M. U. Mahmud, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. P. P. Dutta, learned Standing Counsel, Secondary Education; Mr. S. Bora, learned Standing Counsel, SSA/RMSA; Mr. D. Upamanyu, learned counsel for the respondent No. 3 and Mr. H. A. Laskar, learned counsel for the respondent No. 19.

2. Challenging the selection process for the appointment of Principals of Adarsha Vidyalayas pursuant to the advertisement dated 19.04.2022, the consequential selection list dated 01.06.2022 and the appointment orders dated 03.06.2022, the petitioner has instituted this writ petition.

3. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that she is an M.Sc. with B.Ed. and Ph.D. degree holder and has passed the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) three times. Apart from the above educational qualifications, she has undergone various academic courses, published four books on environmental science and has had an excellent academic career.

4. An advertisement was published by the Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan, through the office of the Director of Technical Education, Assam, inviting applications from intending candidates who are permanent residents of Assam for recruitment to 23 posts of Principal of Adarsha Vidyalayas on a contractual basis, which may be renewed depending on satisfactory annual performance.

5. Pursuant thereto, the petitioner offered her candidature. The respondent authorities published a list of 104 shortlisted candidates, vide notice dated 21.05.2022, in which the name of the petitioner did not appear. The petitioner then filed an RTI application. Following receipt of the RTI application, another list was published, vide notice dated 28.05.2022, in which the names of 48 candidates, including the name of the petitioner, were shortlisted as found qualified for the personal interview after completion of document verification. The shortlisted candidates were requested to appear for the interview on 31.05.2022. Accordingly, the petitioner appeared for the interview along with the other candidates.

6. The respondent authorities, by the select list dated 01.06.2022, published the final list of selected candidates for the post of Principals, wherein 18 candidates were selected. However, the petitioner was not selected. Thereafter, vide an order dated 03.06.2022, appointment orders were issued to the selected 18 candidates as Principals of Adarsha Vidyalayas.

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