Chandigarh, December 21 The Punjab and Haryana High Court today put on notice the State of Punjab on a petition for filling 100 posts of Hindi teachers in master cadre from amongst scheduled caste (Ramdasia and other) candidates. Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa issued the notice for March 22 on a writ petition filed by Harvinder Singh and 15 other SC
(Ramdasia and other) category candidates. The petitioners claimed they were entitled to be appointed as 100 posts were lying vacant. Elaborating, they had contended that the posts could not be filled due to non-availability of eligible candidates from certain reserved categories in response to an advertisement by the Punjab Government Education department on May 7, 2011, for filling 3,442 posts. The petitioners’ counsel argued 116 candidates from SC (R&O) category were available as per provisional merit list; and they could be appointed against the vacant posts. The counsel also referred to Section 4(5) of the “Punjab Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes (Reservations for Services), Act, 2006”, which provides that “50 per cent of the vacancies of the quota reserved for scheduled castes in direct recruitment shall be offered to Balmikis and Mazhbi Sikhs, if available, as a first preference from amongst the scheduled castes”. The counsel, therefore, pleaded that the petitioners have rightful claim over 100 vacant posts, and the respondent- State Government was liable to be directed to issue appointment letters to 100 candidates of the SC (Ramdasia and other) category from the merit list/waiting list. Notice to Education Dept on plea by TGTs The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice to the Punjab Education Department on a writ petition filed by 107 TGT teachers and clerks of model schools. They were seeking salaries and grade pay on par with their counterparts in Adarsh Schools. Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa issued the notice to the department for March 22 on a writ petition filed by Harpreet Singh and others. The petitioners’ counsel submitted that in response to an advertisement issued in January, 2010, inviting applications for filling posts of TGT teachers and clerks in four Adarsh schools and 21 model schools, they submitted applications and were appointed on merit. But the Rashtriya Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan Authority appointed the selected candidates in Adarsh Schools or model schools on its sole discretion. Many of the petitioners, appointed in model schools, were higher on merit than their counterparts in Adarsh Schools.
(Ramdasia and other) category candidates. The petitioners claimed they were entitled to be appointed as 100 posts were lying vacant. Elaborating, they had contended that the posts could not be filled due to non-availability of eligible candidates from certain reserved categories in response to an advertisement by the Punjab Government Education department on May 7, 2011, for filling 3,442 posts. The petitioners’ counsel argued 116 candidates from SC (R&O) category were available as per provisional merit list; and they could be appointed against the vacant posts. The counsel also referred to Section 4(5) of the “Punjab Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes (Reservations for Services), Act, 2006”, which provides that “50 per cent of the vacancies of the quota reserved for scheduled castes in direct recruitment shall be offered to Balmikis and Mazhbi Sikhs, if available, as a first preference from amongst the scheduled castes”. The counsel, therefore, pleaded that the petitioners have rightful claim over 100 vacant posts, and the respondent- State Government was liable to be directed to issue appointment letters to 100 candidates of the SC (Ramdasia and other) category from the merit list/waiting list. Notice to Education Dept on plea by TGTs The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice to the Punjab Education Department on a writ petition filed by 107 TGT teachers and clerks of model schools. They were seeking salaries and grade pay on par with their counterparts in Adarsh Schools. Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa issued the notice to the department for March 22 on a writ petition filed by Harpreet Singh and others. The petitioners’ counsel submitted that in response to an advertisement issued in January, 2010, inviting applications for filling posts of TGT teachers and clerks in four Adarsh schools and 21 model schools, they submitted applications and were appointed on merit. But the Rashtriya Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan Authority appointed the selected candidates in Adarsh Schools or model schools on its sole discretion. Many of the petitioners, appointed in model schools, were higher on merit than their counterparts in Adarsh Schools.
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