Justice S.V. Bhatt of the Hyderabad High Court on Friday vacated the interim stay orders which prohibited the declaration of results of TSSET-2017. Qualifying in TSSET is the basis for recruitment and promotions to teaching posts in colleges and universities in the State.
The judge was dealing with a case filed by Dattatri of Adilabad, whocontended that the rules regarding qualification etc. were changed after the examination. In February 2017, the advertisement for this examination was issued. On June 11 the examination was conducted and on June 29 the authorities declared that they will follow new UGC rule and not the rules mentioned in the original notification. The petitioner said that this is not permissible. The persons who are qualified in TSSET alone ( apart from persons who qualify NET) will be eligible to be appointed as lecturers, Assistant Professors in colleges and universities in State. Another single judge stayed the final declaration of results in July 2017 saying that this amounts to “changing the rules of game after the game started” . Justice Bhatt relied upon a judgment of Kerala High Court in similar circumstances and felt that for one person the whole process cannot be stalled. The stay is vacated and the final hearing will be done later.