PATNA: The state government on Friday said 2,146 posts of
schoolteachers, reserved for OBCs and dalits, have been transferred to
general category due to non-availability of eligible candidates in the
reserved category.
Replying to a call attention motion of the leader of the opposition in the legislative council, Ghulam Gaus, education minister P K Sahi said 2,146 reserved posts were shifted to the general category. The minister said his department had received a category-wise list from the Bihar Staff Selection Commission for appointment of 34,540 teachers in accordance with a recent Supreme Court order.
Out of the 34,540 posts, 5,526 were meant for Scheduled Castes. Only 4,158 candidates were found eligible in that category and the remaining 1,368 posts were transferred to eligible candidates from the general category.
Similarly, Sahi said, as against the total 6,217 posts reserved for backward class candidates, only 5,339 posts were filled while 778 remained vacant.
Gaus and Kumari Jyoti ( Congress) accused the government of violating the reservation policy by transferring reserved posts to the general category. But the minister, quoting the SC verdict, said the government had strictly followed the directive of the SC in this regard.
Replying to a call attention motion of the leader of the opposition in the legislative council, Ghulam Gaus, education minister P K Sahi said 2,146 reserved posts were shifted to the general category. The minister said his department had received a category-wise list from the Bihar Staff Selection Commission for appointment of 34,540 teachers in accordance with a recent Supreme Court order.
Out of the 34,540 posts, 5,526 were meant for Scheduled Castes. Only 4,158 candidates were found eligible in that category and the remaining 1,368 posts were transferred to eligible candidates from the general category.
Similarly, Sahi said, as against the total 6,217 posts reserved for backward class candidates, only 5,339 posts were filled while 778 remained vacant.
Gaus and Kumari Jyoti ( Congress) accused the government of violating the reservation policy by transferring reserved posts to the general category. But the minister, quoting the SC verdict, said the government had strictly followed the directive of the SC in this regard.
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