Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:37186 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6880 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dr.Rajesh Kumar Goutam Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Higher Edu. Lko And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rohit Tripathi,Shishir Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Anurag Kumar Singh,Rajesh Tewari Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents-State No.1, Shri Dilip Kumar holding brief of Shri Rajesh Tewari, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 and Shri Anurag Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondents No.3 to 5. 2. With the consent of the parties, the matter is being decided finally. 3. The petitioner has raised a challenge to the order-communication dated 19.11.2024, a copy of which is Annexure-1 to the petition, whereby upon the petitioner having applied in terms of the advertisement dated 10.11.2023 and 03.09.2024 for the post of Associate Professor, he has been informed that 'Minimum salary structure over which the candidate claims the teaching experience is not as per AICTE/UGC norms' and hence his candidature has not been considered. 4. Responding Shri Anurag Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for the University states that in pursuance to the order issued by the Hon'ble Chancellor, the candidature of the petitioner was considered without the impediment as indicated in the communication dated 19.11.2024 as challenged in the instant petition. 5. Subsequent thereto, list of eligible/ineligible candidates has been uploaded on the University portal, which can be perused by the petitioner after feeding his application number and for all practical purposes the instant petition has lost its efficacy. Shri Anurag Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondents No.3 to 5 also informs that the candidature of the petitioner has been rejected which reasons can be perused by the petitioner himself from the University portal. 6. Once the candidature of the petitioner has also been considered by the respondents without impediment as indicated in the communication dated 19.11.2024 and the same has not been considered as an impediment by the University rather the candidature of the petitioner has been rejected on some other ground as such the instant writ petition has lost its efficacy and is disposed of after recording statement of Shri Anurag Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondents No.3 to 5. Order Date :- 2.7.2025 prateek Digitally signed by :- PRATEEK ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench