UP 69000 Teacher Recruitment: Shock to the government from Allahabad High Court, order to re-make the selection list

UP 69000 Teacher Recruitment: The Uttar Pradesh government has got a big blow from the Allahabad High Court in the 69000 teacher recruitment case. The Lucknow bench of the High Court has asked the government to reconsider the June 2020 list. Hearing the matter, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that the authorities have committed several illegalities in fixing quota for appointment of teachers in Assistant Teacher Recruitment Test (ATRI)-2019. The court has directed the state government to review the final list within the next three months by fixing the reservation appropriately.

The Lucknow bench of the High Court has also canceled the selection list of 68,000 teachers released on January 5, 2022.
“The extent of reservation should not exceed 50 per cent of the total seats under any circumstances,” the bench said. This decision of Justice Om Prakash Shukla’s bench came during the hearing of 117 writ petitions.

Justice Shukla said in the order “Apparently, there was no clarity on the scores and details of the reserved category candidates who had appeared in ATRE 2019. There was no effort on the part of the State authorities. Also the State The officials also do not have any such record which will help in ATRE 2019 Recruitment.

The bench also said that the “candidates already appointed and currently working as assistant teachers in various districts in pursuance of ATRE 2019 shall continue to work in their respective posts until the state authorities revise the select list”. Are,”.

Let us tell you that earlier, the bench rejected the arguments of Additional Chief Standing Counsel Ran Vijay Singh and Senior Advocate Sanjay Bhasin, who unsuccessfully tried to defend the act of the state authorities.