Assistant Professor and Associate Professor (Law) at Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya (5 Contractual Posts)

Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University is a State university at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, established in 1975 and named after the socialist leader Dr. Rammanohar Lohia. Alongside its large affiliating network across the Awadh region, the University runs taught programmes on its own campus through faculties of engineering, pharmacy, applied sciences, commerce, management, fine arts and legal education.

The Centre for Legal Education is the University Campus department that delivers its law programmes. The five posts covered by this listing are all attached to that Centre. Advertisement No. 06/2026 also advertises posts in Engineering, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Computer Science, Applied Science (Mathematics), Fine Arts, B.Com, BCA and MBA (Agri-Business), plus a Director post for the Institute of Engineering and Technology, so the candidate list on the portal will be longer than the law vacancies alone.

All five law posts are self-finance contractual appointments in the Centre for Legal Education. Applications must quote the exact post code, and a separate application with a separate fee is required for each post code.

• CLE/C/2026/AP-1-U – Associate Professor, Unreserved – 1 post
• CLE/C/2026/AP-1-O – Associate Professor, OBC – 1 post
• CLE/C/2026/AS-2-U – Assistant Professor, Unreserved – 2 posts
• CLE/C/2026/AS-1-O – Assistant Professor, OBC – 1 post

The advertisement is issued under U.P. State G.O. 977/Sattar-1-2019-16(19)/2019 dated 2 September 2019 and the related reservation orders of the Department of Higher Education, Uttar Pradesh. The University expressly reserves the right to add to or reduce the number and nature of the vacancies.

Law falls within the group of disciplines (Arts, Commerce, Humanities, Education, Law, Social Sciences, Sciences, Languages, Library Science, Physical Education and Journalism & Mass Communication) for which the advertisement sets the following eligibility. A candidate must satisfy route A or route B.

• Route A (i): A Master's degree with 55% marks, or an equivalent grade on a point scale, in the concerned, relevant or allied subject from an Indian university, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.
• Route A (ii): In addition, the candidate must have cleared NET conducted by the UGC or CSIR, or an accredited equivalent such as SLET/SET, or have been awarded a Ph.D. in accordance with the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations 2009 or 2016 and their amendments, which carries exemption from NET/SLET/SET.
• Pre-2009 Ph.D. registrations: Candidates registered for a Ph.D. before 11 July 2009 are governed by the then existing ordinances of the awarding institution and are exempt from NET/SLET/SET, subject to the degree being awarded in regular mode, the thesis being evaluated by at least two external examiners, an open viva voce having been held, two research papers having been published from the Ph.D. work (at least one in a refereed journal), and at least two papers having been presented at UGC/ICSSR/CSIR sponsored conferences. These conditions must be certified by the Registrar or Dean (Academic Affairs) of the university concerned.
• Route B: A Ph.D. obtained from a foreign university or institution ranked in the top 500 of the QS, Times Higher Education or ARWU (Shanghai) world rankings at any time.

NET/SLET/SET is also not required for Master's programmes in disciplines for which no such test is conducted.

For Associate Professor in Law and the cognate disciplines the advertisement requires all of the following.

• A good academic record with a Ph.D. degree in the concerned, allied or relevant subject.
• A Master's degree with at least 55% marks, or an equivalent grade on a point scale.
• A minimum of eight years of teaching and/or research experience in an academic or research position equivalent to Assistant Professor in a university, college or accredited research institution or industry, with a minimum of seven publications in peer-reviewed or UGC-listed journals and a total research score of seventy-five (75).

Experience claimed must be at UGC scale or equivalent total emoluments, and must be supported by Form 16 and bank statements covering the entire period claimed. A Ph.D. from a foreign university requires an equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, unless the degree was obtained through an MHRD Foreign Scholarship Programme nomination.

Selection follows Governor's Secretariat, U.P. Orders No. 4229/JS dated 2 July 2021, 5862/JS dated 3 September 2021, 2385/JS dated 28 April 2022 and 3019/32-JS/2020 dated 18 May 2023, read with UGC Regulations 2018 and BCI norms. A Scrutiny Committee first checks the application forms.

• Assistant Professor: Phase I carries 100 points for Basic Academic Score and API Score plus a 40-point written objective test of subject knowledge, giving a cumulative 140 for shortlisting. For law the written paper follows the NET syllabus. Phase II carries 20 points for assessment of teaching skills, by way of a class presentation and the ability to take online classes on a computer, and 10 points for the interview. Final selection rests on teaching-skill assessment and interview taken together, subject to a floor of 50% of that score, that is 15 marks.
• Associate Professor: Phase I carries 80 points for Basic Academic Score and API Score, computed under UGC Regulations 2018, Appendix II, Table 2, with research-paper weightage awarded only for publications counted for NIRF. There is no written test. A cut-off of not less than 50% is applied to shortlist candidates for the interview, which carries 20 points.

Candidates get at least seven days from publication of the cumulative Basic Academic and API/Research score to file objections, and at least three days from publication of the written examination score. A duly constituted Selection Committee conducts the interview and submits the result in a sealed envelope to the Vice Chancellor. Original certificates are required only at the interview stage.

The application fee is non-refundable and depends on category.

• SC/ST candidates: Rs 1,500
• All other categories: Rs 2,000

Candidates applying for more than one post code must submit a separate application for each post code along with the requisite fee for each. Applications received without the requisite documents or fee, or after the prescribed date, will not be entertained, and incomplete applications are summarily rejected.

The application process is online only, on the University's Samarth recruitment portal. Registration opened on 20 August 2026 and the portal remains open for online submission until 20 September 2026.

• Create an account on the recruitment portal with an email address and mobile number, read the advertisement and the general instructions before registering, and note that the registration details cannot be changed later.
• Complete every mandatory field. No change to the application form is entertained after final submission.
• Upload copies of all documents supporting the claims made in the form, including OBC non-creamy-layer or EWS income and asset certificates issued by the competent authority in the prescribed Uttar Pradesh format and valid as on the last date of submission.
• Print the submitted online application, attach photocopies of the certificates and documents evidencing qualifications and service experience, and send the set in a sealed envelope by registered or speed post to the Office of the Registrar, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. The envelope must be superscribed “Application for the post of <Name & Discipline of the post>”.
• The hard copy must reach the Registrar's office within five days of the online closing date, that is by 25 September 2026, 5:00 PM.
• Candidates already in employment should submit a No Objection Certificate, preferably with the online application. No candidate will be permitted to appear at the interview without an NOC from the present employer.

These are self-finance contractual appointments on the University Campus. Qualifications, pay scales and other conditions follow UGC Regulations 2018, BCI norms, AICTE and PCI norms as applicable and the rules of the Uttar Pradesh State Government; the advertisement does not print a figure for remuneration. Service conditions and the age of superannuation follow U.P. State Government norms.

• A candidate, whether unreserved or reserved, may submit only one application for a particular category of post.
• Appointment following selection is provisional and subject to verification of the caste certificate through proper channels; a false claim leads to immediate termination and possible penal action.
• Any corrigendum, addendum or cancellation will be published only on the University website and not in the newspapers, so candidates should check the vacancies page regularly and also monitor their application on the Samarth portal.
• All recruitment communication is sent only to the email address given in the application form.
• Information uploaded on the University website will not be supplied under the RTI Act during the recruitment process; factual information is provided only after the final result is declared.
• Disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of the District Court at Ayodhya and the High Court at Lucknow.