Dr Anamya Roy v. State of Assam and 7 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Assistant Professor (Bengali) recruitment, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya Adarsha Mahavidyalaya, Eraligool, Sribhumi (erstwhile Karimganj), Assam; mandatory NET/SLET/SET eligibility; Ph.D. exemption denied — thesis 'Cuisine of Sylhet' (Cultural Studies) held not in Bengali literature; subject-expert opinion given precedence over candidate's claim; judicial review of expert assessment conceded but distinguished (Ganapath Singh Gangaram Singh Rajput v. Gulbarga University, (2014) 3 SCC 767); Gauhati HC WA/2/2026, DB, decided 06.01.2026, dismissing appeal against Single Judge's WP(C) No.6475/2024 judgment of 10.12.2025; respondent No.8's academic-record/anomaly grounds raised but not adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
The appellant lacked the requisite eligibility qualification for consideration: she had no NET/SLET/SET certification at the time of interview, and the exemption available for a Ph.D. in the concerned subject did not apply to her.