The Allahabad High Court has sought information from the Basic Education Council and the state government on a petition challenging the appointment of 31,000 posts of 69 thousand assistant teachers.
This order has been given by Justice Ajit Kumar on the petition filed by Sanjay Kumar Yadav. The petition alleges that candidates with low merit have been called for counselling and those with more marks have not been called. According to Advocate Agnihotri Kumar Tripathi, the educational coefficient of Petitioner applying from Mirzapur district is 69.5 in OBC category but he was not called for counselling whereas candidates getting less than 68.5 educational coefficient in OBC category itself have been called for counselling. The petition states that earlier in the list released in May, the name of the petitioner was on the counselling list.
On the other hand, the Chief Permanent Advocate Bipin Bihari Pandey, who is appearing on the behalf of the State Government, and Additional Chief Permanent Advocate Sanjay Kumar Singh and Basic Education Council Advocate Arun Kumar said that the appointments are being made in the order of the Supreme Court.
CSC Bipin Pandey told the court that the entire process of appointment is being done in the order of the Supreme Court. Only the first phase appointments have taken place. After this, appointments are also to be made on the remaining posts.
The court has listed the present matter on 19 th October for next hearing.
Case Details:
Case: - WRIT - A No. - 8760 of 2020
Petitioner: - Sanjay Kumar Yadav
Respondent: - State Of U.P. And 5 Others
Counsel for Petitioner: - Agnihotri Kumar Tripathi
Counsel for Respondent: - C.S.C., Arun Kumar
Quorum: Justice Ajit Kumar
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