The appointments made in the secondary and primary teacher recruitment process in Madhya Pradesh have been challenged in the High Court. While hearing the case, the court issued an important order on Saturday, keeping the state government under the final decision of the petition.
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The above instructions have been passed in the case of petitioner Pradeep Kumar Pandey vs Madhya Pradesh state and others. While hearing a single bench of Justice DD Bansal, a notice has been issued to the Professional Examination Board, Directorate of Public Education and Employees Selection Board and sought response. The next hearing on the case will now be four weeks later.
Petitioner Pradeep Kumar Pandey challenged the sudden change in eligibility rules in the recruitment process for the post of Secondary Teacher (Sanskrit). The petitioner says that he had also completed all the necessary qualifications in the Secondary Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) held in the year 2023. But the state government released a new exam manual in the year 2024. In which the eligibility conditions for the post of Secondary Teacher (Sanskrit) were amended.
According to the rules of the year 2018, Shastri degree (second class) for the post of Secondary Teacher (Sanskrit) was mandatory with Sanskrit literature/grammar. On this basis, the petitioner participated in the eligibility test held in 2023 and successfully passed it. However, while revising the eligibility criteria in the new examination conduct manual released in the year 2024, Sanskrit literature was implemented to study three years as the main subject. Due to this change, the petitioner and other similar qualification candidates suddenly became disqualified.
On behalf of the petitioner, Advocate Aryan Urmalia presented an argument before the High Court, saying that sudden changes in eligibility are not only unfair, but also a clear violation of Article 14 of the Constitution. He also argued that changing the eligibility criteria in the middle of the recruitment process is a violation of the rights of the candidates and it is against the transparency of the process. While hearing the Madhya Pradesh High Court, a clear order has been given that all the appointments made or made for 10,000 posts will remain under the final decision of this petition. The court has directed the state government to issue notice within a week, asking to submit a reply in four weeks.