SC declines ordinance on reservation for varsity faculty

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain an ordinance on the reservation for varsity faculty and asked the petitioner to approach HC with the grievance. The matter was heard by the Justices SA Bobde and Sanjeev Khanna.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition challenging the ordinance granting reservation to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and socially and educationally backward classes for the teaching posts in central educational institutions.

The matter was heard by the Justices SA Bobde and Sanjeev Khanna. The bench told the counsels appearing for the petitioner to approach the high court with the grievance.

Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan appeared for the petitioner in the court.

The union government placed an Ordinance into the effect after huge protests erupted against the ruling of Allahabad High Court on the issue of reservation for the SC and ST candidates in teaching posts.

The ruling stated that the university shall not be treated as one unit for carving out reserved posts. Instead, every department shall be treated as a singular unit and reservations granted in each department were to be based on the number of posts.

Many analysts and activists expressed their disagreement with the verdict stating that the judgment would lead to the exclusion of minorities from the universities.