Many successful candidates whose
parents are clerks and assistants in banks and PSUs have been affected by the
new criteria this year.
A large number of candidates declared
successful by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in the Civil Services
Examination 2015 are set to be disqualified.
As many as 1,078 candidates were
successful in the exam.
But only 902 have received service allocation.
Rejection of OBC status has affected around 120 candidates, of whom at least 35
are sons and daughters of those working in PSUs.
Final list
Many successful candidates who have
resigned jobs in the private and public sectors are keeping their fingers
crossed as they have not received service allocation. The final list of
disqualified candidates is likely to be released shortly.
Many successful candidates whose
parents are clerks and assistants in banks and PSUs have been affected by the
new criteria this year. For the first time, an income criterion is being used
for rejecting the OBC claims of children of PSU employees, they say.
Gross Income
“The reason DoPT gave was they could
not identify equivalent posts/class for jobs in PSU. On clarification, it is told that
equivalence has not been established for any PSU till date, which means
henceforth, sons and daughters of even those who joined as
peon/driver/assistants/clerks in Banks/NLC/BSNL/any PSU cannot avail themselves
of OBC reservation because the yearly gross income will be more than Rs. 6
lakh,” said a candidate.
For example, salary of a peon in RBI
is Rs.7 lakh during retirement. The DoPT says such PSU employment will
hereafter be treated on a par with business/private employment unlike
government employment. Currently, at least 35 candidates have been denied
allocation of service because of this issue. Many sons and daughters of PSU
employees with income more than Rs. 6 lakh have got reservation in the previous
examinations of UPSC and have joined government services.
Review planned
DoPT is planning to conduct a review
of all those wards of PSU employees who joined service from 1993. The
Government of India issued instructions on September 8, 1993 providing for
reservation to Other Backward Classes in its services and posts.
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