PRAYAGRAJ, March 18 -- The Allahabad high court has directed the registrar of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to be cautious and precise in its future advertisements for the posts of lecturer, ensuring that no ambiguity surrounds the eligibility criteria.

The court passed the order on March 12 while dealing with a dispute over whether candidates with an M.Sc. in industrial chemistry should be considered eligible for chemistry lecturer's post at AMU.

The issue arose after the AMU issued advertisements in 2019 and 2020 for the lecturer (chemistry) post that mentioned that candidates with a master's degree in a "concerned/relevant/allied subject" would be eligible for the said post.

The petitioners---Amma Khatoon, Dr Mohd Azfar Shaida...