[Recruitment Of 1,50,000 Asst. Professor Candidates] Rajasthan HC Dismisses Plea Alleging RPSC Procedure Being In Conflict With The UGC Norms
Live LawA division bench of Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur dismissed a plea challenging the RPSC procedure for the selection of Assistant Professors in government colleges for a total number of 918 posts. The court observed that though the procedure that is adopted by the State Government may be somewhat different from what the prescribed UGC Regulations, which is not a case of irreconcilable conflict between the Central and the State legislation. The court added that the State legislation and RPSC, as the recruiting agency, have followed the pattern of written test followed by oral interview, pointing out that it would be impossible to hold oral interviews for a large number of candidates who have applied in response to the public The court further relied on Forum for People's Collective Efforts And Anr. 7 SCC 120, the court observed that in a legislation falling in the concurrent list, the State legislation must yield to the Central legislation. He submitted that in case of conflict between the Central legislation and the State legislation in a subject contained in the concurrent list, the Central legislation must prevail.