The draft said that a reserved vacancy in higher education institutions may be declared as unreserved by following a de-reservation procedure.
Amid a backlash against draft guidelines released by the University Grants Commission on filling vacancies in higher education institutions, the Ministry of Education on Sunday said that no reserved post can be de-reserved.
The ministry said that the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act provides for reservation in such institutions for all posts in direct recruitment in the teachers’ cadre. It said that it has told all central educational institutions to fill vacancies strictly in accordance with the Act.
University Grants Commission chairperson M Jagadeesh Kumar also said: “This is to clarify that there has been no de-reservation of reserved category positions in Central Educational Institutions [CEI] in the past and there is going to be no such de-reservation. It is important for all [higher education institutions] to ensure that all backlog positions in reserved category are filled up through concerted efforts.
