In Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court has declared as illegal a provision of prior experience as essential to appear in the recruitment test for lecturers in Higher Education. <br/><br/>A full Bench of the court comprising Chief Justice C K Prasad, Justice R K Agrawala and Justice S P Mehrotra passed this order after hearing a writ petition filed by an applicant for the post of lecturer in a degree college in 2007. <br/><br/>The petitioner had opposed the provision saying qualifications for the posts of teachers are statutorily laid down, based on the recommendations of the UGC and subsequent approval from concerned state governments. AIR Lucknow correspondent reports the judgment may affect the selection of over 400 teachers who were recruited in pursuance of the advertisement issued in 2007.<br/>