WRIT - A No. 14995 of 2024 at Allahabad

1 AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:32994 Judgment reserved on 3.3.2025 Delivered on 7.3.2025 Court No. - 10 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 14995 of 2024 Petitioner :- Dr Suman Jain Respondent :- Union Of India And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Siddharth Khare,Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Hem Pratap Singh,Prem Narayan Rai,Rahul Agarwal Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. 1. Heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Kauntey Singh, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Rahul Agarwal, learned counsel for respondent-University. 2. Petitioner before this Court is working at the respondent University namely Banaras Hindu University since 1996 and has faced a Selection Committee for the post of Senior Professor (Academic Level 15) in the Department of Ancient Indian History Culture (AIHC) and Archaeology under Career Advancement Scheme for the first time. 3. The petitioner was earlier appointed on the post of Lecturer in Palaeography in Department of AIHC and Archaeology under a ‘Special Assistant Programme’. Later on, she was promoted on the post of Lecturer (Senior Scale) in the Department of AIHC & Archaeology and in similar manner she was promote