Fill principal’s post in two months: HC Saurabh Malik/TNS Chandigarh, August 1 In a significant order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Punjab to fill up the vacant posts of school principal within two months of vacancy. The directions are significant as 459 posts of principal, to be filled in from the quota of Head Masters alone, are still lying vacant. The directions came even as the state government assured the High Court that the existing vacancies would be filled by January-end next year. As a petition filed by Iqbal Singh for filling up the vacant posts came up for hearing, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Augustine George Masih observed several lecturers had also approached the court for intervening in the matter due to 55 per cent quota for their appointment as principal. The Bench also took note of an affidavit filed by the state claiming that 105 school lecturers had been appointed as principal. Appearing before the Bench, Punjab Additional Advocate-General asserted a “large recruitment drive” was carried out in 2006; and minimum eligibility of seven years for appointment as principle would be attained by most candidates by year-end. As such, recruitment from the quota could take place after that date. “The Additional Advocate-General assures that necessary action will thus be taken on or before January 31, 2014, to consider all the eligible people and make appointments out of the eligible persons to fill in the vacancies. “In so far as the quota of lecturers is concerned, it is stated that all posts as available in quota have been filled. He, however, submits that there is a dispute pending… The said writ petition has still not been decided”. Disposing of the petition, the Bench asserted: “The posts as and when available and there are eligible people to make the appointments, should be filled in within a maximum period of two months so that the situation like the present does not come to pass. This would naturally entail that there should be eligible persons available to fill in the vacant posts”.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 01:09:35 +0000
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