Nursing college recruitment:Male candidates decision tomorrow, High Court says govt gave reply as women received 100% reservation on 286 posts

A case has been filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court against 100 percent reservation for women in 286 teaching posts. These posts include Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Tutor. The petition says that only female candidates were allowed to apply and male candidates were completely excluded from the recruitment process. The High Court first heard the matter on December 29 and asked the state government to give its reply. The case was heard again on Tuesday at the High Court’s Principal Bench. During the hearing, the government told the court orally that it has now decided to include male candidates in the recruitment process as well. Informed the court that men will be included
On January 6, during the hearing, advocate Rahul Diwakar, on behalf of the Madhya Pradesh Staff Selection Board, orally informed the court that a decision has been taken to include male candidates in the recruitment process, but a copy of the written instructions is still awaited. On this, advocate Vishal Baghel, on behalf of the petitioners, informed the court that the last date to apply is January 7. After this date, male candidates will not be able to apply. After the hearing, the court granted one day to present the government’s decision in writing for the record and ordered the case to be listed at the top of the list on January 7. Direct recruitment for 286 posts in nursing colleges
In fact, advocate Vishal Baghel, on behalf of Naushad Ali, a resident of Jabalpur, and other petitioners, filed a petition and informed the court that 40 Associate Professors, 28 Assistant Professors, and 218 Sister Tutors are to be recruited through direct recruitment for 286 academic posts in government nursing colleges of the state. Male candidates were completely excluded from these recruitments. Whereas recruitment rules and all criteria of the Apex Council INC do not permit gender discrimination. Despite all this, the recruitment being carried out by the Public Health and Welfare Department was ignoring Articles 14, 15, 16 of the Constitution and the recruitment rules. The petition alleges that this recruitment process by the government has violated the 50% reservation limit set by the Supreme Court in the Indra Sawhney case. Under Article 16(2) of the Constitution, this is direct gender discrimination. The petition demands that 100 percent women’s reservation be declared unconstitutional and the petitioners be included in the recruitment process. Men declared ineligible in recruitment for 68 posts
It is noteworthy that after the matter came to light, the government had excluded 218 advertised posts of tutors from the recruitment process, but the recruitment process for a total of 68 posts of Assistant Professor and Associate Professor was being advanced by declaring men ineligible. During the hearing in the High Court on January 6, the board, accepting the demands of the petitioners, expressed oral consent to include male candidates as well. Now, in tomorrow’s hearing, a final decision can be made on the eligibility and candidature of men.