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Recruitment process for much than 5,000 posts, which was planned to beryllium rolled retired shortly, volition not instrumentality disconnected successful the contiguous aboriginal successful Karnataka. The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) has decided not to contented immoderate caller recruitment notifications till further orders of the High Court, which is proceeding matters pertaining to preservation successful nationalist acquisition and recruitment.
Departments hit
The Police Department had signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KEA to initiate process to enlistee 5,000 to 6,000 1000 posts, but the Department has not yet issued a notification successful this regard. In addition, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL) had requested KEA to initiate process to capable astir 500 posts. Karnataka State Minerals Corporation and Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) had approached KEA to commencement process to name 300 posts and 200 posts, respectively. The Department of School Education and Literacy was besides readying to enlistee astir 18,000 authorities and aided schoolhouse teachers and PU assemblage lecturers.
Speaking to The Hindu, H. Prasanna, Executive Director of KEA, said that nary caller recruitment notifications volition beryllium issued arsenic the High Court has granted a enactment connected the assorted authorities recruitments. “We volition hold for the verdict of the tribunal and till past nary notification volition beryllium issued. Instead, the existing recruitment process volition beryllium completed arsenic per the directions of the High Court,” helium added.
He said, “Recruitment notifications person been issued connected November 20, 2025, for filling up astir 900 posts successful 9 departments, including Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Department of Technical Education and others arsenic per the interior preservation matrix. The recruitment processes of these posts volition beryllium completed successful compliance with the last bid of the court.”
Protests erupt
Meanwhile, arsenic protests successful respective places of North Karnataka person been reported, Convener of Karnataka Job Seekers’ Agitation Committee Yallappa Hegade deed retired astatine the authorities for the existent impasse. “We deliberation that the authorities is utilizing the tribunal orders arsenic an excuse to hold recruitment. Failure to enlistee volition not lone impact the unemployed youth, but volition besides cripple authorities efficiency. As of now, determination is not a azygous section that is escaped from outsourced oregon declaration employees,” helium said.
Anita Kamble, a pupil who participated successful the protestation by occupation seekers successful Dharwad connected October 17, said that the State authorities should marque efforts to resoluteness the deadlock, including the ineligible challenge. “The authorities should enactment successful spot a argumentation that ensures recruitment is simply a regular and yearly process,” she added. She rued that though petitions person been fixed to Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and Labour Minister Santhosh Lad, thing has moved.
Another authorities occupation aspirant from Koppal, Kalmesh Jhangti, who is preparing for competitory introspection successful Dharwad for 2 years now, fears that helium whitethorn person to instrumentality location without getting a authorities job. “I came to Dharwad to wide KAS examination. After coaching, I wrote examinations for recruitment of officers, constabulary and clerical posts successful Police Department. I americium not definite what I volition spell backmost and archer my father,’’ helium said.
