PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 22 -- The Allahabad high court recently allowed a special appeal while quashing the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) promotion process adopted by the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, for the post of a professor in the department of dance The bench comprising justice Saral Srivastava and justice Sudhanshu Chauhan allowed the special appeal filed by Dipanwita Singh Roy, an associate professor in the dance department who had approached the high court after a single-judge dismissed her writ challenging the CAS panel's constitution and procedure. The court also set aside the selection of respondent no.6-Dr Vidhi Nagar-who was appointed as lecturer in dance (Kathak). According to the petitioner, as per rules external experts on promotion panels must be appointed strictly by the executive council and not by the vice chancellor acting alone under emergency clauses. According to the petitioner, CAS promotions, which affect careers and future prospects, cannot by their very nature be treated as emergency decisions. On the question of expertise, the court held that a promotion panel must include specialists from the same discipline as the vacancy.htc...