Association of All Manipur Unreserved Waiting List Candidates For Primary Teacher 2006 (AAMUWLCPT) staged a sit-in-protest at Keishampat junction demanding appointment of 81 candidates who were placed in the waiting list in the respect of the unreserved category.
A protester said that the state government issued a notification for the recruitment of 1423 posts of primary teachers including 442 Scheduled tribes and 29 for Scheduled Castes and 42 for Physical Handicapped under the department of Education (S) and conducted examination on 22-12-2016 and viva voce.
In total 1423 candidates were appointed as primary teachers and 81 candidates were placed in the waiting list in the respect of the unreserved category. And among the 1423 successful candidates 242 were from OBC which was not included during at the time of recruitment notification, said the protestor.
In this regard a case has been filed at the High Court of Manipur. Even a bench of Justice Kh Nobin Singh, High Court of Manipur on 06/10/2015 ordered to appoint the selected unreserved candidate. However, the states government failed to materialize the order till date.
He also appeals the state government to appoint the 81 candidates, who were placed in the waiting list in the respect of the unreserved category as substitute of the 242 OBC candidates.
