LUCKNOW: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has written to the MHRD and the UGC regarding the low representation of SC/ST/OBCs in the teaching staff of the Central universities in the country. The commission has sought a report on the reason behind sanctioned posts in the universities lying vacant.
A reply to an RTI query shows that Central universities are apparently not very keen on filling the vacant posts of SC/ST/OBCs professors, associate professors, readers and assistant professors. The RTI data from 24 Central universities shows that most of the universities have more than half the sanctioned posts for SC/ST/OBCs lying vacant.
The situation is no different in Central universities in UP. Out of the universities which have responded to the RTI query, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, has 67% of the teaching staff from General category. Out of 106 teaching staff, including professor, associate professor and assistant professor, 71 are from General category. Allahabad University, on the other hand, did not have even a single SC/ST/OBC appointment in the professor grade. The same grade has 12 General category appointees. The Banaras Hindu University, in response to an RTI query from Mahendra Pratap Singh, has revealed that out of 51 posts sanctioned for professors, for SC, none have been filled. tnnThe appointments have only been made in the grade of assistant professors, but there are still 96 posts vacant for SC, 74 for ST and 123 for OBCs.
