Prayagraj social institute draws ire after it leaves OBC teacher seats vacant
The Hindu
National Commission for Backward Classes issues a notice to the institute seeking details of recruitment.
The Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute (GBPSSI), a constituent institute of the Allahabad University in Prayagraj, is facing a storm for allegedly leaving posts designated for the Other Backward Classes vacant under the ‘None Found Suitable’ (NFS) category in its latest recruitment drive for teachers.
After two law students from the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai, and Delhi University (DU) complained to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) accusing the GBPSSI of alleged irregularities in appointment of assistant professor, associate professor and professor posts, which was preceded by much outrage on social media, the panel issued a notice to the institute seeking details of recruitment.
In their complaint, Mayank Yadav, LLM student, TISS, and Vivek Raj, Campus Law Centre, faculty of law in the DU, alleged that the entire process of selection and appointments was “malicious, blatantly irregular, full of bias against the OBCs, illegal and against the DoPT rule and constitutional mandate of reservation.”
The fear of being caught for traffic rule violation has indeed compelled many two-wheeler riders to wear helmets. But one cursory look at riders at any traffic junction in Bengaluru shows that more than half the riders have on their heads non-standard helmets, designed solely to evade the eye of law, with little concern for the safety of their own heads.
When Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997, Beijing promised to retain the city’s Western-style civil liberties for 50 years. However, since the introduction of the 2020 law, Hong Kong authorities have severely limited free speech and assembly under the rubric of maintaining national security.