Hii Arvind,

Hope you are doing well.

Eligibility criteria for UGC NET in English:

Candidates must have secured at least 55% marks in Master s Degree/MA OR equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc.

So ,if you've pursued MA in Linguistics from a UGC recognised University, you're completely eligible to write UGC NET in English literature. (As the eligibility criteria says  MA from UGC recognised University in humanities.)

For more details refer below::

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/ugc-net

hopefully this cleared your doubts.

Best wishes for future endeavours.