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Orissa High Court has refused to interfere successful the recruitment process of the Odisha Government, which did not earmark reservations for scheduled caste and scheduled people candidates for the enactment of adjunct prof successful the super-speciality stream.
Adjudicating petitions filed by 2 candidates belonging to reserved categories, Orissa High Court Judge Biraja Prasanna Satpathy said the tribunal recovered nary illegality successful the advertisement issued by State government.
Odisha Public Service Commission had travel retired with an advertisement successful 2021 for recruitment of station of adjunct prof (Super Speciality). The advertisement was challenged by 2 candidates connected crushed that nary preservation was mentioned successful it.
“No preservation was provided for immoderate of the candidates belonging to reserve class and each the 19 posts truthful advertised were meant for unreserved candidates, the process of enactment truthful undertaken by the Commission is vitiated,” the petitioners argued.
“Since successful presumption of the determination successful the lawsuit of Indra Sawhney truthful followed successful Preeti Srivastav and Faculty Association of AIIMS arsenic cited (supra), nary measurement has been taken by the State arsenic to whether preservation tin beryllium followed against recruitment to the station of adjunct prof successful Super Speciality, it is the presumption of this tribunal that nary illegality oregon irregularity has been committed by the absorption parties (government and OPSC) portion issuing the impugned advertisement,” observed Justice Satpathy.
“Accordingly, this tribunal is not inclined to interfere with the recruitment process truthful undertaken by the Commission pursuant to the advertisement. Consequentially, some the writ petitions neglect and is dismissed accordingly,” helium ruled.
During the hearing, the authorities broadside argued that preservation was not applicable to station of adjunct prof successful ace specialty arsenic it is not basal level post. Government counsel contended that arsenic per the Medical Council of India norm, adjunct prof successful Super Speciality comes nether Level 12 and adjunct prof successful wide speciality comes nether Level 11.
“Since successful the impugned advertisement the station carries the standard of wage of Level 12, the station (assistant professor) cannot beryllium treated arsenic the basal level station oregon successful the lowest of the fertile against teaching post,” counsels argued.
