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The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Reservation in posts and services) Bill, 2008, which lists the "institutes of national importance" to be exempted from reservations in posts, was moved by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) in the Rajya Sabha in December 2008.
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, however, on Wednesday said the legislation was a DoPT move and that it had no idea about it. The ministry added that as far as it was concerned the legislation was pending comments from the PMO.
"We had written to the PM on this issue and asked us to help us with his guidance on it sometime in October last year even before the Bill was tabled. However, we have not yet got any response," said Minister of State for Higher Education D Purandeshwari at the All India Editors' Conference on Social Sector issues.
At the same conference, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar said no final decision has been taken on the exemption and that she had taken up the issue with HRD Minister Arjun Singh.
IITs have been strongly opposing reservations in faculty, asserting that the move would compromise quality and increase vacancies in the premier institutes that are already facing faculty shortage.
The HRD ministry had passed the orders for reservations in IIT faculty in June 2008. The IIT directors had then collectively taken up the matter with the ministry, opposing the move.
The matter for making provision of 15 per cent, 7.5 per cent and 27 per cent reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs respectively in all the streams of IITs in recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professors and below was referred to the PMO in August 2008.
While the ministry claims it has not heard any further from the PMO on the issue, the DoPT moved its Bill for SC/ST reservation and is set to introduce another legislation exempting the institutes from OBC quota as well.
THE HRD ministry on Wednesday said it would not intervene on the issue of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrassa Education banning co-education in madrasas across the state, saying it was a "state subject".
Meanwhile, the ministry has asked all central educational institutions including IIMs, IITs and central universities to appoint one member from the minority communities on their recruitment selection boards, keeping with the Sachar Committee recommendations.
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This kind of Mandal-3 confusion was very much expected from UPA goons just before elections to distract people's attention from the colossal failure in anti-terror war, removal of POTA, Bombay blasts and Islamist appeasement politics. Keep watching for reservations for muslims in IIT/IIM faculty positions also as elections approach. It is all well planned drama. People of India even God won't help you if you continue to vote for corrupt, casteist and anti-national traitors in every election or just avoid voting .. because you will be paying until another election, also your children and their children. Only China and Pakistan will have last laugh..
May God Save My CountryGive reservation to get education on basis of economic status not on cast. After a level of education let everyone to compete for the jobs and promotions. Otherwise, our country will lag far behind than the developed world and best brains will be drained for new pastures. Politics should not be played at the cost of scientific developments.