New Delhi, Jul 19 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> The government has put on hold recruitment for teaching positions in universities and colleges pending a decision on the special leave petition it has filed against a court order curtailing reservation for SC\/ST and OBCs, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.<\/p>\n
He said the government is committed to 50 per cent reservation to SC\/ST and OBCs and it “does not agree” with the Allahabad High Court ruling that had in last April struck down a circular prescribing institution-wise reservation to fill vacant faculty positions.<\/p>\n
“We are hopeful we will be able to save reservation for SC, ST and OBCs,” he said replying to zero hour mention by opposition members in the Rajya Sabha.<\/p>\n
“Reservation is a Constitutional right… we stand by reservation and are committed to provide it to SC\/ST and OBCs,” he said adding the Union Government and University Grants Commission (UGC) have filed separate SLPs against the order and the next date of hearing is on August 13.<\/p>\n
He said the Allahabad High Court order was later upheld by the Supreme Court, forcing UGC to issue the March 5 circular laying down a new mechanism for implementing faculty reservations, which is calculating total posts department or subject-wise rather than institution-wise.<\/p>\n
This meant calculating reservation in teaching posts by department, instead of basing the quota as on the number of posts available at university.<\/p>\n
Previously, SC, ST and OBC faculty positions were calculated by treating the entire university as a unit. It grouped all posts of a grade, such as assistant profession, in all departments of a university to calculate quota. Under the new formula, where every department will be considered one separate unit, there will be a lower chance of positions being set aside for quota as there may be fewer openings.<\/p>\n
Javadekar said his ministry had yesterday ordered a stop on filling of vacancies at universities\/colleges pending decision on SLP.<\/p>\n
“No harm will be done to reservations (to SC, ST and OBCs),” he said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, raising the issue through a zero hour mention, Ram Gopal Yadav (SP) said the UGC had on March 5 issued a new 13-point reservation roster for SC\/ST and OBC category that provided for preparing reservation list keeping department\/ subject as a unit instead of the university\/college.<\/p>\n
He said as per the Constitution, 15 per cent, 7.5 per cent and 27 per cent reservation is provided for SC\/ST and OBC respectively.<\/p>\n
Till now, the UGC had specifically prohibited the practice of making department-wise cadres as that would lead to denial of reservation in small departments.<\/p>\n
He demanded that the UGC order be declared “null and void”, a demand that was supported by Leader of the Opposition and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad who said the roster would curtail reservation to SC, ST and OBC.<\/p>\n
Azad said while the Constitution provided for reservation to SC and ST, the Congress-government had in 1993 provided the same to other backward classes (OBCs).<\/p>\n
The practice of creating department-wise category is strictly forbidden, he said.<\/p>\n
Ashok Siddharth (BSP) said after the UGC order, vacancies have been advertised and such recruitment must be stopped.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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