Lok Sabha Question No. 1120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Categorisation of Posts as NFS in Colleges/Universities
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Dharmendra Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1120 ANSWERED ON 29.07.2024

## Categorisation of Posts as NFS in Colleges/Universities

## †1120 Shri Dharmendra Yadav:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of posts categorised as Not Found Suitable (NFS) in Central Universities and Colleges, Category-wise i.e. Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), OBCs along with the number thereof;

(b) the norms and criteria for categorising NFS;

(c)  the  number  of  posts  filled  up  through  direct  recruitment,  interviews  etc.  in  Central Universities and Colleges of Uttar Pradesh during the last ten years along with the number of posts lying vacant;

(d)  the  current  status  of  backlog  vacancies  of  SCs,  STs,  OBCs  in  higher  educational institutions along with the number of posts categorised as backlog and the number of posts filled up and lying vacant; and

(e) the details thereof, category-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a)  to  (e)  Central  Universities  are  statutory  autonomous  organisations  established  under  the respective Central Acts of  Parliament  and governed  by  the  provisions of the Acts/ Statutes/Ordinances made thereunder. All administrative and academic decisions are taken by the  Central  Universities  with  the  approval  of  statutory  bodies;  including  their  recruitment procedure,  which  is  formulated  by  their  statutory  bodies  in  accordance  with  statutory provisions and the relevant regulations/guidelines of UGC. Applications are invited through an open advertisement(s), wherein all the eligible candidates can apply. Selection Committees duly  constituted  for  recruitment  under  the  relevant  provisions  make  recommendations regarding suitability of the candidates for the post(s) and accordingly, appointments are made on the basis of the recommendations of the Selection Committees. Suitable candidates have been appointed in all categories as per the recommendations of selection committee(s). Only in  cases  where  suitable  candidates  were  not  available,  irrespective  of  the  category,  the appointments were not made.

There are four Central Universities in the State of Uttar Pradesh namely Aligarh Muslim University  (AMU),  Banaras  Hindu  University  (BHU),  Babasaheb  Bhimrao  Ambedkar University  (BBAU)  and  University  of  Allahabad  (UoA).    During  the  last  ten  years,  2168 teaching posts have been filled in these CUs and 1449 posts are vacant as on 01.04.2024. The data for colleges is not maintained centrally in the Ministry.

The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019 has been notified  on  09.07.2019  which  provides  for  reservation  of  posts  in  direct  recruitment  for persons  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs),  Other  Backward Classes (OBCs), and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the Teacher's Cadre of Central Educational  Institutions  established,  maintained,  or  aided  by  the  Central  Government.  This Act  removes  the  difficulty  regarding  the  reservation  of  posts  in  appointment  by  treating University/Central  Educational  Institution  as  a  cadre  or  unit  for  the  purpose  of  reservation instead of individual departments. In line with section 3 (1) of this Act, a notification dated 12.07.2019  has  been  issued  by  Ministry  of  Education  which  specifies  that  there  shall  be reservation of posts in direct recruitment out of the sanctioned strength in teachers' cadre in a Central Educational institution in the manner specified in  Office  Memorandum  No 36039/1/2019-Estt/(Res) of the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, dated 31 st January, 2019 to the extent as follows, namely :-

- a. Fifteen per cent. for Schedules Castes;
- b. Seven and one-half per cent. for Scheduled Tribes;
- c. Twenty-Seven per cent. for socially and educationally backward classes; and
- d. Ten per cent. for economically weaker sections.

Occurrence of vacancies and filling thereof is a continuous process. The vacancies arise due to retirement, resignation and additional requirement on account of enhanced students' strength.  The  onus  of  filling  up  of  the  post  lies  with  the  central  universities  which  are autonomous  bodies  created  under  Acts  of  Parliament.  As  on  date  more  than  6800  faculty position have been filled through special recruitment drives out of which 939 positions are filled by Scheduled Caste (SCs), 464 by scheduled tribe (STs) and 1535 by Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Central Universities have been directed to fill up vacancies through regular recruitment drives in Mission mode.

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