The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed four petitions of former visiting scholars aspiring to become assistant professors.
The division bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Prakash Shrivastava made it clear in their order that the petitioners had made a mistake while filling the form, hence they cannot be given the benefit of extra points.
Advocates Sandeep Singh Baghel, Ved Prakash Nema and Devendra Prajapati appeared on behalf of petitioners Kunwar Bharat Singh, Dr. Avadhesh Kumar, Vikas Aggarwal and Pundarik Sharma. the other hand, Deputy Advocate General Swapnil Ganguly appeared for the state government and Advocate Anshul Tiwari for Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (PSC).
The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission had advertised the post of Assistant Professor, which clarified that applicants who have previously served as visiting scholars under a university or government college, get additional points in the appointment process of Assistant Professor will be given.
The four petitioners have been guest scholars in the past. But the mistake was made on their part that while filling the form, they wrote no in the relevant column. This fact was underlined by the MPPSC.
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MPPSC advocate Anshul Tiwari apprised the High Court that the petitioners were also given time to improve the form after filling the form. Despite this, the mistake was not rectified by them. It is clear that if the benefit of additional points is not available, then the petitioners themselves, not the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission, are responsible for this, claimed the counsel.