Controversies related to recruitment of assistant professors through Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) 2017 still continue. The principal bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur has come out with a ruling against MPPSC review petition.
Several candidates from specially-abled (Divyang) quota who had cleared MPPSC for the post of assistant professor were in waiting list had filed a petition in the Court saying that computation of reserve posts was wrong, resulting in a number of eligible candidates not being selected.
The Higher Education Department and MPPSC had replied in the matter but both pleaded that reservation should be given on the basis of number of vacancies advertised and not on the basis of cadre strength.
However, the State government lost the case and later filed a review petition in the High Court. The division bench of High Court Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Maninder Bhatti rejected MPPSC's plea on March 29 and instructed it to prepare a new merit list.
The final order of the court stated that the state was duty-bound to compute reserved vacancies for persons with disabilities against total number of vacancies in cadre strength and not on the basis of vacancies advertised.
"In view of aforesaid enunciation of law, it is elucidated that the quota for PH (Physically Handicapped) has to be computed on the basis of sanctioned strength and not on the basis of vacancies notified alone," the High Court order stated.
"The computation of PH quota in revised advertisement dated 19.08.2019 is, thus, erroneous. The respondents are directed to redraw list of PH candidates after revising the quota by computing posts on basis of total vacancies in the cadre strength and thereafter to proceed for appointment in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of one month from date of receipt of copy of order passed today," the order read.