Agartala: Dec 19: The status of 25 allopathy pharmacists belonging to SC, ST category is going to be 10,323. On 30 September 2013, the State Government conducted a walk-in-interview to fill up 73 vacancies of Allopathy Pharmacists. Out of 73 vacancies, 60 vacancies were reserved for SC, STs. The remaining 13 posts were for others. Tripura state’s reservation law says 31 per cent seats will be reserved for STs and 17 per cent seats for SCs. In filling 73 vacancies of Allopathy Pharmacist, 84 percent seats have been reserved.
In this regard, a writ petition was filed in the High Court in 2015. The Single Bench of the High Court dismissed the writ petition. Later Pankaj Bhowmik, Rajiv Roy along with two others filed two more writ petitions. These two writ petitions were heard in the High Court. The High Court delivered its verdict on Monday. The High Court has said that the state government cannot fill up the vacancies by reserving more than 50 percent of the seats. The High Court has dismissed the selection process conducted by the state government to fill 73 vacancies of Pharmacist Allopathy.
At the same time, the court informed that according to the judgment given today, the election process should be completed to fill the vacancies. By doing this, 25 people will lose their jobs among the SC, STs who got jobs earlier. And newly 25 people belonging to other category will get jobs. Lawyer Soumik Dev informed about this judgment of the High Court on Monday. Lawyer Soumik Dev also said that the Division Bench of the High Court has given a similar verdict on another writ petition today. As a result of this judgment of the High Court, several government employees are now going to lose their jobs. The former government of the state is responsible for their loss of this job, according to the opinion of experienced circles.
