TS Govt to seek AG’s view
The Telangana government has decided to take Advocate-General’s opinion before giving teacher jobs for the candidates qualified in the earlier District Selection Committee (DSC) examinations.
Jobs under DSC-98
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has decided to take Advocate-General’s opinion before giving teacher jobs for the candidates qualified in the earlier District Selection Committee (DSC) examinations.
The decision was taken during a review meeting convened by Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Kadiyam Srihari with the Directorate of School Education officials in the Secretariat here on Friday.
A top official in the department said there were over 6900 candidates who got selected in the DSCs held from 1998 to 2012 but could not get postings due to various reasons in the united Andhra Pradesh state.
“Candidates of various DSCs have different issues and some are in courts. The government may give posting for all the selected candidates,” said Chava Ravi, General Secretary of the United Teachers’ Federation.
The issue came into light as some 1998 DSC selected candidates approached Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao asking for postings. It may be recalled that the CM promised that justice would be done for all the eligible candidates in earlier DSC examinations.
Accordingly, he directed the education department to calculate the loss to the already selected candidates apart from exploring legal ramifications if posting are given to them. During the meeting with the minister, the officials have presented the problems that would arise if earlier DSC selected candidates are given postings.
According to the sources in Directorate of School Education, the candidates may face legal hurdle in 20 to 30 different issues. A few issues include, whether 1998 DSC selected candidates be given postings with the current date or with 1998 year. If given posting as per 1998 year, will it stand test of the law, officials in the department say.
Another issue is the pension scheme. The new pension scheme came into force in September 2004. If posts are given to 1998 DSC selected candidates, should they be under the old pension scheme or new pension scheme.
That apart, the department is exploring options of taking an affidavit from the selected candidates stating that they require only posting but not the benefits from the last a few years. But this may face legal problems in the future. A senior official of the department have reportedly spoke to the selected candidates for exploring the proposal and candidates were affirmative to the proposal.
