LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad high court has annulled the merit list for the recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers in Uttar Pradesh. The division bench ordered the state government to prepare a new merit list within three months, by following section 3(6) of the Reservation Rules 1994 and Basic Education Rules 1981.
The court pronounced its verdict on Tuesday, which was made available only on Friday.The division bench, while modifying the order of the single bench passed on March 13, 2023, has also ruled that the candidates of the reserved category would be migrated to the general category on securing marks in the merit prescribed for the general category.
“If a reserved category candidate acquires merit equivalent to the merit prescribed for the general category, the Meritorious Reserved Category candidate shall be migrated to the general category as per the provisions contained in Section 3 (6) of the Reservation Act, 1994,” observed the bench of Justices AR Masoodi and BR Singh.
Along with this, the court has refused to interfere in the decision of the single bench which had rejected the select list of 6800 candidates of additional reserved category on January 5, 2022.
The court pronounced its verdict on Tuesday, which was made available only on Friday.The division bench, while modifying the order of the single bench passed on March 13, 2023, has also ruled that the candidates of the reserved category would be migrated to the general category on securing marks in the merit prescribed for the general category.
“If a reserved category candidate acquires merit equivalent to the merit prescribed for the general category, the Meritorious Reserved Category candidate shall be migrated to the general category as per the provisions contained in Section 3 (6) of the Reservation Act, 1994,” observed the bench of Justices AR Masoodi and BR Singh.
Along with this, the court has refused to interfere in the decision of the single bench which had rejected the select list of 6800 candidates of additional reserved category on January 5, 2022.