It said, the endeavour on part of the State in attempting to secure the best of the teachers was therefore fully justified. It needs no emphasis that the right to education guaranteed in terms of Article 21A of the Constitution would envisage quality education being imparted to the children which in turn, would signify that the teachers must be meritorious and the best of the lot .
The bench, which dismissed a batch of petitions filed by Shiksha Mitras’ against the Allahabad High Court’s last year order which had upheld the state government’s decision of fixing 65/60 per cent cut off marks said, any process which applied equally to all the candidates and was designed to garner the best talent, cannot be called arbitrary or irrational.
The order in the matter was pronounced by the bench on Wednesday.
It said, we do not find any illegality or impropriety in fixation of cut off at 65-60 per cent vide order dated January 7, 2019. The facts on record indicate that even with this cut off the number of qualified candidates is more than twice the number of vacancies available .
The bench said that that after considering the nature and difficulty level of examination, the number of candidates who appeared, the concerned authorities have the requisite power to select a criteria which may enable getting the best available teachers.
Such endeavour will certainly be consistent with the objectives under the RTE Act, it said.
