Jobs based on caste? Sainik School Jhunjhunu lists permanent posts only for UR, contractual for OBC, SC, ST

The PGT recruitment notification issued by Sainik School Jhunjhunu lists regular posts exclusively for the unreserved (UR) category, while posts reserved for OBC, SC, and ST categories have been advertised only on a contractual basis.

According to an official recruitment notification, the vacant positions such as PGT English, physics, chemistry, and computer science under the UR category are labelled as regular, offering a pay level-8, Rs 47,600, with allowances.

However, these same subjects advertised for OBC and SC categories have been announced as contractual, with only consolidated remuneration ranging from Rs 30,447 to Rs 71,400.

While PGT Physics and PGT Chemistry have been earmarked for the UR category as permanent positions, the same posts for OBC are contractual. Similar differences can be seen in other teaching and non-teaching vacancies.

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Tribal Army slams discrimination

The Tribal Army, a social media group advocating for the reservation of the indigenous people in India, posted the advertisement and questioned whether the “eligibility is being determined based on the caste”.

“This is not only an insult to the spirit of the Constitution but also exposes the falsehood of the claim ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’. If an institution from which education in equality, discipline, and justice should be imparted itself becomes a hub of discrimination, it is shameful for both the administrative and moral fabric of the country,” it said.

The group said that the policy not only “contradicts the spirit of reservation”, but also strikes directly at the concept of social justice.

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Sainik School recruitment rules

Sainik School Jhunjhunu is a residential school for boys providing public school education with a military bias, located in Rajasthan. The school functions under Sainik Schools Society, the ministry of defence.

As per the Sainik School rules and regulations, all regular appointments, excluding general employees will be made with All India Transferability clause.

Regular posts will be made permanent only after a one-year probation period, which may extend by another year. All staff members are required to perform various duties associated with efficient functioning of the residential school, it said.

On contractual posts, the rules state that position will be valid for a maximum period of one year from the date of appointment, but the Principal has the authority to terminate the service of contractual staff appointed by him.