IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Irshad Ali, J.
C/M Shri Gopal Inter College Thru.Mngr.Dinesh Chandra Pandey – Petitioner
Versus
State of U.P.Thru.Prin.Secy.Secondary Education & Ors. – Respondents
Service Single No. - 4386 of 2021
Decided On : 11-02-2021
Uttar Pradesh High School and Intermediate Colleges (payment of Salaries of Teachers and other employees) Act, 1971 –U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board Rules, 1998 – Rule 10 – Quashing of select panel – Writ petition, petitioner-Committee of Management has approached to this Court for quashing of select panel insofar as it relates to respondent No.5 with further direction that respondents may be directed not to compel the petitioner-Committee of Management for joining of the respondent No.5 on post of Lecturer in English – Held, Court in case, after consideration of all the aspects of the matter, has decided the issue in this regard – In view of the above, the grievance setup in this petition by petitioner-Committee of Management cannot be granted – Selection of respondent on behalf of the Committee of Management cannot be held to be made against post reserved under 50% promotion quota – It is on basis of requisition sent by Committee of Management itself to make appointment by way of direct recruitment, therefore, recommendation of respondent No.5 in institution of petitioner cannot be held to be against post of promotion quota – Writ petition dismissed.
JUDGMENT :
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Sri R.K.S. Suryavanshi, learned counsel for respondent No.4.
2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner-Committee of Management has approached to this Court for quashing of the select panel dated 27.1.2021 insofar as it relates to the respondent No.5 with the further direction that the respondents may be directed not to compel the petitioner-Committee of Management for joining of the respondent No.5 on the post of Lecturer in English in Shri Gopal Inter College Pandari, District Amethi.
3. Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the post on which the recommendation has been made by the Board comes under 50% promotion quota, as has been fixed under Rule 10 of the 1998 Rules. He submits that by mistake, the Committee of Management has sent the requisition to the District Inspector of Schools for its transmission to the U.P. Secondary Education Service Selection Board for making regular selection on the post of Lecturer. On coming to know the mistake committed, an application was moved to the District Inspector of Schools, who upon verifying the correctness, requested to the Selection Board not to send the candidate selected against the institution of the petitioner.
4. On the other hand, learned Standing Counsel and counsel appearing for respondent No.4 submit that the question in regard to the controversy to fill up the vacancy that whether it comes under 50% promotion quota and in regard to the appointment of a candidate belonging to Dying in Harness category came for consideration before this Court and the matter was referred to the Full Bench in the case of Satish Kumar which was considered and this Court decided that the controversy in this regard shall be taken into consideration prior to issuance of advertisement and not beyond that.
5. They submit that the claim setup in the writ petition is only to stop the selected candidate not to join in the institution. They further submit that only to help a teacher who is working in the institution for future prospect for consideration of his/ her claim for the grant of promotion, such activities are being done by the Committee of Management.
6. I have considered the submission advanced by learned counsel for the parties and perused the material on record.
7. To resolve the controversy, the provision contained under Rule 10 of U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board Rules, 1998 is being quoted below :-
(a) Principal of an Intermediate College or Headmaster of a High School -
(i) By direct recruitment -
(b) Teachers of lecturers grade -
(i) 50 per cent by direct recruitment;
(ii) 50 per cent by promotion from amongst substantively appointed teachers of the trained graduate grade.
(c) Teachers of Trained Graduate category by direct recruitment
Provided that such intermediate colleges and high schools where attached primary teachers are receiving salary under provisions of the Uttar Pradesh High School and Intermediate Colleges (payment of Salaries of Teachers and other employees) Act, 1971, 75 per cent of the posts will be filled by direct recruitment and the rest of the 25 per cent of the posts will be filled through promotion of those trained graduate teachers of attached primary section who have completed satisfactory services of five years:
Provided further that where there is no eligible candidate available for recruitment through promotion in any recruitment year, the posts may be filled through direct recruitment:
Provided also that while calculating the percentage of different posts under the same recruitment, if a fraction occurs, the fraction of direct recruitment will be excluded and the fraction of posts to be filled through promotion will be increased by one to create one post.
(d) Teachers of attached primary section cent per cent
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