WP(C) 4010/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T VAIPHEI Heard Mr I Choudhury, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr PN Goswami, the learned standing counsel for the respondents No.1 & 2. In view of the nature of submission advanced by the learned coun sel for the petitioner today, this writ petition can be disposed of at the motio n state without issuing formal notice to any of the respondents. The case of the petitioner is that after completing of Post Grad uate Degree in English, he joined Pariong Presbytary HS School, Pariong, West Kh asi Hills District, Meghalaya as Assistant Lecturer in English. Thereafter he jo ined KK Handique Junior College, Pathsala, Assam in 2005. On 29.04.2011, he came across an advertisement for the post of Assistant Professor, Department of Engl ish in Bajali College from qualified candidates. Being eligible for the post, he accordingly applied for the post. On 29.06.2011, he received a call letter and accordingly appeared before the Selection Board on 08.07.2011. On completion of the interview and the selection process, the selection board submits its recomme ndation before the Governing Body and the Governing Body accordingly prepared th e select list and forwarded the same to the Director of Higher Education, Assam for his approval. When he was hopeful of being selected, he was surprised to lea rn that his name did not figure in the select list submitted by the Selection Bo ard. On enquiry, he also came to learn that the Selection Board at the time of c onducting the interview was following the guidelines dated 20.02.2003 issued by the Director of Higher Education, Assam for selection of Lecturer and awarded ma rks to the candidates as per these guidelines. According to the petitioner, the guidelines dated 20.02.2003 is non-existent and the respondent authorities ought to have followed the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualification for Ap pointment of Teacher and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and M easures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulation, 2010 f or selection and appointment of teachers in Universities and Colleges. He, there fore, submitted an RTI application on 25.07.2011 seeking information regarding t he procedure adopted by the Selection Committee in conducting the interview in q uestion. He also submitted a representation to the Director of Higher Education, Assam about the non-compliance with his statutory procedure under Regulation, 2 010 while conducting the interview for the post in question. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as the interview was conducted in contravention of the Regulation, 2010, any select list so prepared will be illegal. He, howev er, submits that the writ petition need not be disposed of on merit at this stag e and the same may be disposed of by this Court by directing the Director of Hig her Education, Assam to consider the representation of the petitioner within a p articular period of time. On hearing the learned counsel appearing for the rival parties, and after perusing the materials on record, I am of the view that the grievance of the petitioner as projected in the writ petition can be properly ad dressed by the Director of Higher Education, Assam. Under the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of by dir ecting the Director of Higher Education, Assam to consider the representation da ted 25.07.2011 submitted by the petitioner in accordance with law and then take a decision thereon within a period of two weeks’ from the date of receipt of thi s order. Until the disposal of the representation of the petitioner, the post of Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bajali College shall not be filled up.