Lucknow: The Supreme Court today started hearing on the recruitment case of 69,000 teachers in UP. The Supreme Court stayed the High Court’s decision to publish the list of fresh recruitment. A hearing on the matter will be held today on the petition of the selected general category candidate. The case has been before the Supreme Court since October.
A bench headed by the CJI has held hearings in the case. Since then, a date has been imposed on it. Ahead of Diwali, the next date in the case has been proposed as November 15. But now the hearing will be held today. A bench of Justices Dipankar Dutta and Prashant Kumar Mishra will hear the case.
What’s going on?
The UP government has recruited 69,000 teachers. Its examination was held in January 2019. After the exam, work will be arranged for the candidates according to the deadline. The cutoff for General is 67.11% and for OBC is 66.73%.
In fact, teacher candidates said that the recruitment of 19,000 seats was a scam and while stating their stance, they claimed that OBC was supposed to get 27% reservation in this recruitment, but in fact only 3.86% were booked. Similarly, the SC category was supposed to get 21% bookings but actually got only 16.6% bookings.
Complaints have been filed in the High Court and the State Commission for Backwardness in this matter. The High Court ordered the list to be redrawn. The Supreme Court upheld the Supreme Court’s decision and scheduled a hearing on the matter.
Students claim that OBC quota is 27% and only 3.86% have been reserved. SC quota is 21% and 16.6 candidates got jobs.
What is the timeline for UP teacher recruitment cases?
- December 5, 2018: A notice was released to recruit 69,000 assistant teachers.
- On January 6, 2019, the recruitment examination was held, with a total of 410,000 candidates taking part.
- May 12, 2020: UP 69000 teacher recruitment results released. 147,000 candidates passed. The cutoff for general category is 67.11% and for OBC is 66.73%.
- May 2020: A petition is filed before the Single Bench of the High Court alleging non-compliance with reservation rules.
- March 13, 2023: Single bench asks for reconsideration of merit list but also makes some comments on reservation rules.
- August 13, 2024: A double bench of the High Court quashed the single bench verdict and ordered a new list to be issued as per the reservation rules.
- September 9, 2024: The Supreme Court upholds the Lucknow bench’s ruling.
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