Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday dismissed petitions challenging the ongoing recruitment process for posts of police sub-inspector, where the petitioners objected to the quota rules being implemented in the preparation of the list for the final exam.Justice Biren Vaishnav turned down the challenge of unsuccessful candidates from general category and ex-servicemen by upholding the process adopted by the PSI Recruitment Board in following reservation rules.Nearly 4.5 lakh people took the physical tests for the recruitment to fill 1,382 posts of PSI. Of them, 2.5 lakh candidates took the elimination test. A list of 4,252 candidates was prepared by the board for the final exam. Those left out moved the HC challenging the list for the final exam by contending that reserved category candidates have been given places in the open category thereby restricting the chances of candidates from the non-reserved category. It was argued that the authority can give places to meritorious candidates of the reserved category in the general category while preparing the final selection list, and not at the stage of elimination in the middle of the recruitment process.The state government asserted that the process it followed is in accordance with the law and directions issued by various courts, and argued that the petitioners’ interpretation of the general category or open category is wrong. It also submitted that fewer candidates in the category of ex-servicemen — less than three times the number of posts — have been called because most candidates could not score the minimum qualifying marks.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Monday reserved its verdict on petitions filed by candidates for the post of police sub-inspectors (PSI) on their contention that the Police Sub-Inspector Recruitment Board has wrongly included candidates of reserved category in the list of general category at the state of preparing merit list of preliminary examination. Nearly 4.5 lakh persons had appeared for physical tests conducted for recruitment on 1,382 posts of PSI. Out of them, some 2.5 lakh candidates took the elimination test. A list of 4,252 candidates has been prepared by the Board for final exam. Those left out have approached the HC challenging the list for final exam by contending that the reserved category candidates have been given place in open category thereby restricting chances of candidates belonging to non-reserved category. It was argued that the authority can give place of meritorious candidates from reserved category in general category while preparing the final selection list, and this cannot be done during elimination stage. The state government defended its stance by submitting that there is a fallacy on part of the petitioners about interpretation of general category and the Board has gone by the books in preparation of the list. It was also submitted that if this list is scrapped, entire recruitment process would be required to be undertaken afresh . Justice Biren Vaishnav posted the case for dictation of judgment on Wednesday.
The state govenment on Friday told the Gujarat High Court that it will have no option “but to scrap” the class-3 police sub-inspector examinations altogether if the court directs for any change in the methodology of the recruitment process. The governement’s reply came in a submission before the high court which is hearing a in a bunch of petitions challenging the methodology of the recruitment process to the post.The petitions have challenged the inclusion of reserved category candidates in the list of open category candidates in the preliminary merit list for the purpose of appearing in the main examination for the post of police sub-inspector class-3.The petitioners have sought that the same be declared unlawful and that the court direct the Police Sub Inspector Recruitment Board (PSIRB) to issue a fresh merit list of candidates for appearing in the main examination pursuant to the preliminary examination by calling upon three times the candidates of each category — reserved category, and general category — to the number of vacancies notified for each of the categories without including candidates of the reserved category in open category.A total of 1382 posts are to be filled up.Nine petitions have been filed by nearly 880 candidates. The petitioners are candidates belonging to the general category as well as the reserved categories (SEBC/SC/ST) who are undergoing recruitment process for the Police Sub-Inspector, Class-3. The exam is conducted in three stages — a physical test followed by preliminary examination, and then the main examination.The physical test was conducted in December 2021 and nearly 2.5 lakh candidates qualified to appear for the preliminary exam conducted by the board on March 6, 2022. The results of this stage of the exam were declared on April 27, 2022, which listed the candidates who qualified for the mains stage.As interim relief, the petitioners have sought that pending disposal and final order in the petitions, the petitioners be allowed to appear in the main examination, scheduled to be held on June 12. The court has now kept the matters for further hearing on June 6.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board's (GSHSEB) has written to schools to begin the admission process in the Class 11 science stream through a circular. The board on Monday had declared the results for SSC. Of the 7.8 lakh regular students who appeared for the examination, 5.04 lakh cleared their examination which was a success rate of 65.18 per cent. The circular states that those students who had passed the Class 10 exams with basic maths will be entitled to get admissions in only the B group in Class 11 and they will not be able to get admissions in A or AB groups. However, those students who wish to be admitted in A and AB groups can take supplementary exams of standard maths and after clearing them they can apply for Class 11. The supplementary exam is scheduled for July. Starting this year, the GSHSEB has given students two options: standard maths for those who wish to pursue further studies in A or AB groups in the Science stream while those who opt for basic maths, can get admissions in the B group or can opt for commerce or humanities.
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has written to schools to begin the admission process for Class 11 science stream. The board on Monday had declared the results for SSC. Of the 7.8 lakh regular students who appeared for the examination, 5.04 lakh cleared their examination which was a success rate of 65.18%.A circular issued by the board states that those who had passed the Class 10 exams with basic maths will be entitled to get admissions in only B group in Class 11 and they will not be able to get admissions in A or AB groups. However, those students who wish to be admitted in A and AB groups can take supplementary exams of standard maths and after clearing it they can apply for Class 11. The supplementary exam is scheduled in July.Starting this year, GSHSEB has given students two options — standard maths for those who wish to pursue further studies in A or AB groups in science stream while those who opt for basic maths can get admissions in B group or can opt for commerce or humanities.
AHMEDABAD: Even though the Class 12 general stream results are at a decadal high this year, it is likely that there won't be a rush for admissions in commerce colleges. The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board's (GSHSEB) Class 12 general stream results for 2022 stood at 86.91%, the highest in the last 13 years. Sources said that in 2021 when the students were mass promoted, as many as 3,000 seats in commerce colleges had remained vacant. Sources said that there are around 40,000 commerce, BBA and BCA seats available in Gujarat University. Around 40,000 students of Ahmedabad city and rural have cleared the exams. Sources said that normally around 30% of the students who have cleared the exams take admissions in GU while the remaining students usually go to other universities for further studies. Sources said that the university has not yet begun the process of admissions in commerce branches and there is no clarity when the process will begin. On the other hand, in the last two years, around 15 private universities have come up and these universities have already begun the admission process by distributing admission forms. Sources said that the GU is yet to select the agency which will execute the admission process and may be by next week the admission process will begin.
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat University (GU) has not yet started the admission process for its Bachelor of Science courses even though the Class 12 science results were announced on May 12. Sources in GU said while engineering admissions have begun, GU is still preparing for the BSc admissions. The university has not yet selected an agency to execute the process. In May, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had protested at the GU vice-chancellor's office against the delay, and said that private universities have begun their admissions but GU, which ranks 44th in the country, has not as it was not ready. ABVP also demanded that the university engage a government entity instead of a private agency, as it would be cost effective and reduce the likelihood of irregularities. The university hires a private agency to execute the online admissions process for the 35 science colleges affiliated with it.
Ahmedabad: The admissions process for engineering degree courses began on Tuesday and will be completed by June 30. Class XII science students, whose results were announced on May 12, had been waiting thus far as the Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC), which regulates and conducts the intake process, was framing the rules. After the online registration process, a provisional merit list based on GujCET will be announced on July 6. The first round of admissions will be from July 14 to 20, and seat allotment will be announced on July 25. The academic term begins on July 28. According to the new rules of the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), students from Group A, B and AB will be able participate in the admission process but students of Group B will only be able to pick 19 branches. The admissions process begins with the Admission Committee for Professional Courses framing the rules and is followed by the registration process. Based on registration data, ACPC prepares a merit list with 60% weight given to the Class XII score and 40% to the GujCET score. Students are then allotted colleges. There are about 66,000 engineering seats at 133 colleges in the state. Last year, 36,000 engineering seats remained vacant. This year, 26,000 students who picked A Group cleared the Class XII exams. Sources said with two new engineering colleges this year, the total number of seats in the state will increase by around 600. Students of other boards such as CBSE also participate in the admission process. As the CBSE exams end on June 17, students wanting to participate will have to register by uploading their hall tickets, bonafide certificate or Aadhaar card.
