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Campus recruitment: SLP admitted

Legal Correspondent

KRL made campus recruitment without any newspaper advertisement
Kerala High Court had upheld the recruitment

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has admitted a special leave petition (SLP) challenging the policy of campus recruitment of students for various posts from a few selected institutions by public sector undertakings, in particular the Kochi Refineries Limited (KRL).

A Bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice R.V. Raveendran admitted the SLP from the Federation of Central Government SC/ST Employees (Kerala). The SLP questioned such recruitment without adhering to the quotas reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. It was directed against a Kerala High Court judgment dated July 20, 2005 upholding the recruitment. Considering the importance of the issues involved, the Bench said the hearing would be expedited.

Social consequences

The federation said campus recruitment, apart from legal infirmity, had far-reaching social consequences. It would deprive the rights of those studying in various institutions, colleges, universities recognised by the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education to compete for the post as there was neither any newspaper advertisement nor any intimation to employment exchanges.

The petitioner contended that the respondent company had not followed the Government of India guidelines and its own recruitment rules.

Rights infringed

It contended that the fundamental rights guaranteed to the SCs and the STs in the matter of equality of opportunity under the Constitution in public employment under the State had been infringed or violated by the respondent. It sought quashing of the impugned judgment and to stay the appointment of management trainees.

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