Question : Teacher Vacancies

(a) whether the Government has recently issued any guidelines/order to make a
department-wise roster of teacher vacancies reserved for Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled
Tribe/Other Backward Class SC/ST/OBC) candidates, instead of the current norm of
having an institution-wise table;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with impact of imposing the new rule on SC/ST/OBC
candidates;
(c) whether the new rule in each department in universities would be treated as a unit
and would reduce the number of posts for SCs/STs/OBCs, if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Government has made the points before the Court that the current
system is faulty, if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for supporting the new
roster system without considering the measure welfare of reserved category in the eye of
natural justice; and
(e) whether the Government would come with an amendment to quash the new roster
system, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) to (e): There is no new formula in the percentage of faculty posts reserved for
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Class (SC/ST/OBC) candidates.
However, in pursuance of Allahabad High Court judgement which was upheld by the
Hon’ble Supreme Court, the University Grants Commission (UGC) had constituted a
Committee which had recommended amendments to clauses 6(c) and 8 (a)(v) of the
UGC Guidelines for strict implementation of Reservation policy of the Government in
Universities, Deemed to be Universities, Colleges and other Grant-in-aid Institutions and
Centres, 2006 which were quashed by the Hon’ble High Court. Based on the
recommendations of the said Committee, UGC has amended the said clauses and
instructed to prepare fresh rosters.
On receipt of representations from various quarters, this Ministry has constituted
an Inter-Ministerial Committee to assess the impact of the fresh reservation rosters on
the representation of reserved categories. Based on the recommendations of the said
Committee and advice of Ministry of Law and Justice, legal opinion of the Law Officer in
the matter of filing of SLP before the Hon’ble Supreme Court has been sought.
The Constitutional provisions mandating reservation for SC/ST/OBC categories
will continue.
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