Instructions to Public Service Commission to file its affidavit in six weeks

Nainital, 13 November (HS). The High Court has directed the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission to file its affidavit within six weeks in the matter of overlapping of reservation in the recruitment process for the post of Assistant Professor. Also, notice has been issued to five reserved category candidates and directed to file their reply within four weeks. The next hearing has been fixed for February 17 next year.

The case was heard before the division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari and Justice Vivek Bharti Sharma. According to the case, Manisha Pandey had filed a petition in the High Court. The petition said that once a reserved category candidate has availed the benefit of lower cut-off in Academic Performance Indicator score, he cannot get the benefit of unreserved seat. Overlapping of reservations will result in excessive reservation of public posts, which will result in violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.

Dr. Manisha appeared for the post of Assistant Professor (Hindi) in Government Degree College in the General Category of the Commission. The API cut-off score was 93 points. It was 47 for SC, 52 for OBC and 52 for EWS.