Allahabad high court LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad high court has annulled the merit list for the recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers in Uttar Pradesh. The division bench ordered the state government to prepare a new merit list on the basis of Asst Teachers' Recruitment Exam (ATRE-19) within three months, by following section 3(6) of the Reservation Rules 1994 and Basic Education Rules 1981. As the govt has already recruited 67,867 selected candidates in two batches in 2020 on the basis of the ATRE held on Jan 6, 2019, the court said that care should be taken to ensure they don't suffer.
“While preparing the fresh select lists for appointment, if any one of the working candidates is affected by the action of the state government/competent authority, they shall be given the session benefit so that the students may not suffer,” the bench of Justice AR Masoodi and Justice BR Singh said in its verdict on Tuesday, which was made available on Friday. The division bench, while modifying the order of the single bench passed on March 13, 2023, has also ruled that the candidates of the reserved category would be migrated to the general category on securing marks in the merit prescribed for the general category. “If a reserved category candidate acquires merit equivalent to the merit prescribed for the general category, the Meritorious Reserved Category candidate shall be migrated to the general category as per the provisions contained in Section 3 (6) of the Re.