HC quashes clause in Chhattisgarh govt’s ad providing 100 pc quota for women in nursing college posts

The Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed a clause in an advertisement given by the state government providing “100 per cent reservation” to women for recruitment to posts of assistant professors and demonstrators in nursing colleges, terming it “unconstitutional”.

A division bench of Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas also struck down a provision in Schedule III of the Chhattisgarh Medical Education (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 2013, which stated that only women are eligible for direct recruitment to the posts of demonstrators and assistant professors in government nursing colleges.

The bench on Thursday gave the order after hearing petitions filed by Abhay Kumar Kispotta, Dr Ajay Tripathi, Alyus Xalxo and others challenging the advertisement, their lawyers Ghanshyam Kahsyap and Nelson Panna said on Saturday.