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SC/ST quota for JNU faculty kicks up a row TNN, Apr 4, 2010, 04.47am IST NEW DELHI: After battling a row over OBC reservation for students, JNU may now witness an agitation over SC/ST quota for faculty recruitment. Disgruntled by the administration's long deliberation on whether posts for SC/ST should be reserved at the level of associate professor and professor, student groups in JNU are now gearing up to stage a mass protest and call for a strike on Tuesday. The academic council (AC) and the Executive Council of the university are undecided on whether the Ministry of Human Resources Development's directive of 2005 and University Grants Commission order for implementation of SC/ST and physically handicapped reservation at all three levels of professorship and the OBC reservation for assistant professors are legally binding or not. The varsity has sought the opinion of solicitor general. Many view this as a move to stall social justice on the campus. Former JNUSU president Sandeep Singh said: "The authorities think that this could dilute academic standards, which is discriminatory. Many professors from this category have contributed to academics.''
