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The MHRD has now cancelled the appointment orders of Principals who were initially taken on deputation to work as principals and subsequently regularized in those posts in violation of the rules of KVS and reservation rules of Government. The Ministry has also directed the repatriation to parent cadre of all deputationists working as Principals. A special drive will be undertaken to fill up the backlog of vacancies of Principals for SC and ST, followed by the general recruitment for all categories to fill up the remaining vacancies. Recruitment Rules for Principals in KVS would be amended providing 45% qualifying marks in Master’s degree in case of direct recruits and in case of promotees, minimum one year (as against 3 years now) of qualifying service as Vice-Principal in Kendriya Vidyalaya for promotion to the post of Principal.
The decisions have been taken following perusal of relevant documents which revealed that the Commissioner’s power to appoint Principals in KVS in the manner decided by the 65th Meeting of the Board of Governors of KVS on March 19, 1999 was not followed strictly resulting in injustice to persons belonging to both reserved and general categories. Moreover, constitutional provisions relating to equality of opportunity were also violated as persons belonging to reserved/general categories could not get an opportunity to compete for the posts of Principal. It was also felt that while appointing the deputationists on regular basis as Principals, who were initially taken on deputation for a fixed tenure, the then Commissioner had not even followed the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgement on reservation thereby depriving the legitimate rights of persons belonging to the reserved categories from getting appointed as Principals in KVS. In all, uptill now, there are 140 deputationists who have been appointed as Principals on regular basis against the rules and as many as 187 persons are working on deputation basis as Principal in various Kendriya Vidyalayas. These persons are occupying the posts meant for the reserved as well as general category candidates for years together.
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