Court rejects appeals for EWS quota in UP teachers' recruitment

The Allahabad high court has dismissed special appeals that sought reservation to people from economically weaker sections (EWS) in a recruitment drive that was undertaken to fill 69,000 posts of assistant teachers in the state.

- HT Correspondent

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has dismissed special appeals that sought reservation to people from economically weaker sections (EWS) in a recruitment drive that was undertaken to fill 69,000 posts of assistant teachers in the state.

These special appeals were filed by one Shivam Pandey and others against the judgment of a single-judge bench of the court which had held that since the recruitment commenced prior to the introduction of the reservation in this category, the petitioners, therefore, were not entitled to any relief.