U.P. gets nod for teacher recruitment

Dismisses pleas against higher cut-off in the qualifying examination

November 19, 2020 01:11 am | Updated 01:11 am IST - New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed pleas by the Uttar Pradesh Shiksha Mitra Association, which challenged the State government’s order of January 7, 2019 fixing the qualifying marks for the Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination 2019 at 65 and 60 for the general and reserved categories, respectively.

Giving the go-ahead for recruitment of 69,000 assistant basic teachers in accordance with the results declared in May, a Bench led by Justice U.U. Lalit recorded an assurance by the State government that Shiksha Mitras would be given a last opportunity to attend the next recruitment examination, the modalities of which would be decided by the government.

The court did not intervene against the State’s position that the cut-off percentage was increased by 20% to draw the best candidates.

The court had earlier sought an explanation from the State government for changing the earlier cut-off of 45% for general category and 40% for reserved category.

The Allahabad High Court had upheld the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to raise the cut-off. Several pleas had been filed against the order, which paved the way for the appointment of assistant basic teachers.

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