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Delhi High Court stays recruitment of over 1,000 primary teachers

Staff Reporter

Court allows the Government to restore previous maximum age limit

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has stayed the process of recruitment of more than 1,000 primary teachers by the Delhi Government. However, the Court gave liberty to the Government to restore the previous maximum age limit of 32 for male candidates and 42 for female aspirants and bring out a fresh advertisement for recruitment to fill the vacancies.

Justice J.M. Malik stayed the recruitment process on a bunch of petitions filed by certain aspirants who had become ineligible for applying for the post following the amendments to the maximum age limits.

The petitioners, diploma-holders in Elementary Teacher Education, submitted that the amendments were carried out in an arbitrary manner as their career was not taken into account while making the changes in the recruitment rules.

Since male as well as female candidates who had attained the age of 30 were eligible for admissions to the diploma course, the sudden decision to reduce the maximum age limit for recruitment to the post had affected their career.

"I hereby stay the further proceedings pursuant to the advertisement dated July 26, 2006, for recruitment to the post and direct that examinations not be held till further orders," Mr. Justice Malik said in his interim order.

However, nothing in the order would debar the respondents from restoring the previous maximum age limits and starting the recruitment anew, the order said.

The Court also issued notices to the Government, the Directorate of Education of the Delhi Government and the Delhi State Subordinate Selection Board (DSSSB) seeking their replies to the petitions.

The matter will now come up for hearing on November 22.

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