IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.6227 OF OF 2009 Dr.Anagha Bhat Behere ..Petitioner Vs. The University of Pune & Ors..Respondents Mr.P.A. Gokhale, for the the petitioner. Mr.Girish Kulkarni with Mrs. M.G. Kulkarni, for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. A.B. Vagyani, AGP for Respondent No.3. CORAM : F.I.REBELLO AND K.K. TATED,JJ. DATED : 6th November, 2009. P.C.: The petitioner had applied for the post of Reader which was advertised by the respondent No.1. The petitioner s application came to be rejected on the ground that the petitioner did not have teaching experience or experience in research as required by the Rules that the candidate must have either 5 years experience of teaching and/or research excluding the period spent for obtaining research degrees and has made some mark in the areas of scholarship as evidenced by quality of publications, contribution to education innovation, design of new courses and curricula. The petitioner has relied upon the application form. In the application form in so far as research is concerned it is set out that the petitioner from 2002 to 2005 has worked on a UGC Major Research Project on Comparative Lexis in Marathi and Russian and this was a part of research work. Even this is considered this would not be 5 years experience . The application of the petitioner is rejected on the ground of not having 5 years research experience. We do not find that the respondents have acted without authority of law. In the light of that petition rejected. (K.K. TATED,J.) (F.I.REBELLO, J.)