UGC
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In a bid to implement a new formula for reservation, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to reduce SC, ST and OBC faculty posts if its proposal is accepted by Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).
While the decision was taken by UGC during a meeting last month, the Allahabad High Court held that reservation in teaching posts has to be applied department-wise by treating the department as a “unit” and not the university.
As per the report by The Indian Express, UGC took a decision that the number of reserved faculty posts shall now be calculating according to the departments in a university and not based on the aggregate posts. P S Krishnan, the former secretary to the central government and an expert on the subject, was reported as saying that the proposed change could result in fewer positions for SCs, STs and OBCs.
