PR officers’ selections: row over five additional marks
Courtesy the five marks controversy, the fortunes of nearly three dozen people — a majority of whom are serving in the Punjab government’s publicity department — have fluctuated sharply in the past three days. HT Image Six assistant public relations officers, who were appointed three years ago and sacked on May 5 by the government, as per the January 30 ruling of the high court, received a major reprieve on Thursday when a two-judge bench stayed this termination order. At the root of this case has been the Punjab government’s move to give five additional marks to candidates who had passed middle and matriculation examination from schools in rural areas. On January 30, a single judge had set aside selections of information and public relations officers while directing the authorities to recast the merit list after ignoring five additional marks in question and offer appointment to the candidates who would figure in the fresh select list as per the vacancies advertised. RULING OVERRULED The ruling in the Sudesh Rani case was later overruled by a full bench of the high court in the 'Abhishek Rishi versus Punjab' case on the grounds that the award of additional marks for passing middle and matriculation exams from rural schools was ultra vires of the Constitution.
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