HC asks NEHU to appoint professor within 30 days

SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya has directed NEHU to appoint an applicant as professor in the Department of Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility within 30 days after he was denied the post in the past.
The petitioner, Dr. Sudip Dey, filed the writ petition for non-consideration of his selection by the Selection Committee thrice on the basis of self-created criteria in total disregard and willful violation of the earlier order of the High Court in 2014.
The petitioner is presently serving as a Scientific Officer (senior grade) in the Department of Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility and he had applied for the post of professor under the open specialisation in response to an advertisement dated December 7, 2011.
After hearing the case, the court asked NEHU to appoint Dey as professor within 30 days.
“I have no intention to interfere with the expert assessment but if the expert assessment is arbitrary without fixing any pass mark, it will definitely become illogical and illegal. In such circumstances, the court has no option but to interfere. Since the exam was conducted without fixing any pass mark, definitely the decision of the expert assessment is bound to be arbitrary and lose the principle of parity,” Judge S.R Sen said in his order.