Only 20% weightage for experience: HC

Hyderabad: The AP High Court has ruled that giving extra marks for experience shall not exceed 20 per cent in the recruitment to the posts of sub-engineers in the APTransco.

Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao was disposing off a batch of petitions seeking to declare the action of APTransco in providing 45 per cent weightage in the recruitment of sub-engineers (electrical) as illegal and violating Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.

He pointed out that awarding 45 per cent weightage marks is unjustly loaded in favour of the in-service contract labour. Awarding more than 20 marks as weightage for experience will be contrary to the principles of fair play in selection.

The judge said that if a candidate has put in service on contract basis as a sub-engineer or in equivalent post, then he alone will be entitled to be awarded weightage marks for selection.
The judge directed that two marks for every completed year of service shall be awarded.

He made it clear that only contract labour rendering service as sub-engineers will be entitled to the extra marks for selection to the post of sub-engineers.

He declared that LDCs or those working in equivalent posts can be awarded weightage for selection to the post of LDC, but not for selection to any other post, even if they possess the requisite qualification for the post of sub-engineer.

The judge ruled that in-service candidates, who satisfy the criteria for participation in the selection at par with candidates from the open market in respect of education and age, are entitled to compete in the open competition without entitlement for the in-service weightage.

Justice Rao said that contract labour that has rendered service and is available in-service as on the cut off date are alone entitled for the weightage and it can be added even in the recruitment of junior linesman.

HC okays meet of welfare body

Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of the AP High Court on Friday granted conditional permission for the proposed meeting of AP Backward Classes Welfare Association on Sunday at Nizam College grounds.

While dealing with a petition by AP Backward Classes Welfare Association challenging the action of the city police in refusing  permission to hold the meeting demanding a sub-plan for  BC communities. 

The police had opposed the meeting stating that Assembly was in session and there were prohibitory orders in the surrounding areas. R. Krishnaiah, president of the petitioner association gave an undertaking that the meeting will conclude by sunset and it will be conducted in an orderly manner.

The judge granted the order on condition that  there will  be no processions outside the meeting ground and any violation of the undertaking will be considered as contempt of court.

Petition on only top 20% in IIT

Justice P. Naveen Rao on Friday admitted a petition challenging the decision of the Union ministry of HRD in prescribing a condition of successful candidate being within “top 20 percentile of successful candidates in Class XII examination” for admission into Indian Institute of Technologies and Indian School of Mines. The judge was dealing with the petition by S. Bhargav Pavan Kumar who lost a seat in IIT due to the percentile system.

The petitioner contended that the system of percentile was discriminatory, biased, and was in violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed by Article 13 and 14 of the Constitution.