No preference in jobs for TET-2011 candidates: HC

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, February 20

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that candidates for master cadre cannot seek preference on the ground that they passed Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) some five years ago.

The court made it clear that the candidates have a right to be considered, but were not having an “absolute right” or could seek preference only on the ground they passed the test in 2011.

The ruling by Justice GS Sandhawalia came on a petition by Tejinder Kaur and other petitioners against the Punjab government and another respondent. Taking up the matter, Justice Sandhawalia asserted: “The petitioners seek the relief of appointment to the posts of master cadre batch-wise by giving preference to those who have qualified the test at the earlier point of time in 2011.

“The petitioner has no vested right of appointment… the mode of recruitment cannot be tailor made to suit the whims and fancies of candidates who are applying. The petitioners having qualified in the TET in 2011 only have a right to consideration and have no absolute right or preference only on the ground they had passed the test in 2011.”