Iswar Saran Degree College (ISDC), issued an advertisement which, inter alia, invited applications from eligible candidates for appointment on the post of Assistant Professor in Sanskrit. On 28th November 2022, another constituent college of Allahabad University, viz. Allahabad Degree College (ADC), issued a similar advertisements.Pursuant to all the above advertisement, Respondent 1 duly applied for appointment on the posts.The requisite qualifications for appointment on the posts of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor are prescribed by the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations Clause 4 thereof provides for the minimum qualifications required for the post of Assistant and Associate Professor. It is not in dispute that Respondent 1 does possess the requisite educational qualifications for appointment as Assistant Professor in Sanskrit. The procedure for shortlisting candidates for interview is given in the note to Reg, which provides for shortlisting on the basis of an academic score prepared in accordance with Table (for universities) and (for colleges). Hence, for shortlisting candidates for the purposes of interview, Allahabad University would score candidates as per the criteria laid down in Table and the affiliated colleges in Table 3B.As per clause 7 of Tables (two) marks are to be granted to a candidate for every year of his/her teaching experience or Post Doctoral experience. Since the contents of both the tables are similar, we propose to reproduce Table 3A later in this judgment. Despite Respondent fulfilling the eligibility criteria, she was not shortlisted for the interview as her score did not reach the cutoff marks. This happened because she was not awarded any marks under clause 7 in Table 3A for "Teaching/Post Doctoral experience". Her past teaching experiences on contractual basis and as a guest faculty were not counted as 'teaching experience by Allahabad University. According to Allahabad University, past teaching experience as a guest lecturer and on contractual basis do not fulfill the conditions provided under, respectively; hence, it could not be counted as 'Teaching/Post Doctoral experience.