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20, the Supreme Court issued a stay The ill-advised disregard of the delegate the task of selection and
order on the recruitment process for apex court’s stay order — until better appointment of higher education
three months and directed the state counsel prevailed — has not gone intellectuals to OPSC is totally
government to respond to the writ down well in Odisha’s academic regressive,” says the vice chancellor
petition. But on the ground that edu- circles. Dominant opinion in the of a top-ranked private university,
cation is a concurrent subject under academy is that UGC’s regulations who requested anonymity.
the Constitution, the state govern- for recruitment of faculty in higher Moreover, while deploring the
ment continued with the recruitment education institutions are well- state government’s “recklessness
process. established and safeguard against and short-sightedness” for assign-
This prompted UGC secretary Ra- favouritism and nepotism. ing the task of filling higher educa-
jnish Jain to write to OPSC warning “Most members of OPSC are tion vacancies to OPSC, academics
that “continuation of the recruit- political appointees and supporters in Bhubaneswar appreciate Prof.
ment process will be in the teeth of of the ruling party. OPSC’s role Mohanty’s initiative in getting a
the stay order dated May 20, 2022 is to test and select candidates stay order from the Supreme Court.
granted by the Hon’ble Supreme for administrative positions in “There is considerable confusion and
Court”. government. Their members are ambiguity about the jurisdiction of
Although initially OPSC spokes- not competent to test, interview and the Centre and states over universi-
persons stated that the apex court’s appoint university VCs, professors ties since education was placed in the
stay order would not impact the and faculty. This is a prescription concurrent list of the Constitution
appointment of 908 professors and for inducting party favourites and in 1976. Now that the matter is in
lecturers, on May 26, the state gov- under-qualified candidates as the Supreme Court, one hopes the
ernment put the recruitment process university faculty. At a time when boundary lines will be drawn,” says
on hold. The document verification the new National Education Policy the VC quoted earlier.
of 186 candidates and interviews for 2020 mandates thorough reform It’s a consummation devoutly to
assistant professors scheduled for and upgradation of higher education, be wished.
June have also been put on hold. the BJD government’s initiative to R. Kasturi (Bhubaneswar)

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