With the non-reservation provision for direct recruitment of associate professors and professors to universities being challenged in the Orissa High Court, the State Government on Wednesday clarified that reservation will be applicable to such posts but with certain conditions.
In a letter to the State universities, the Higher Education department stated that as per the ST/SC department’s observation, the provision of reservation under Odisha Reservation of Vacancies (ORV) Act will be applicable to posts of associate professor and professor in universities as these are not related to scientific and technical research.