High Court Orders TET as Mandatory for TGT and LT Grade Recruitment, Issues Key Ruling on Challenging Petition The High Court in Allahabad has mandated that the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) must be a compulsory qualification for recruitment to the Teacher Grade (TGT) and Lower Teacher Grade (LT) positions. The court directed that the TET pass must now be included alongside the qualifications outlined in Rule 8 of the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Educational Service Rules, 1983. This ruling came in response to a petition filed by Jay Hind Yadav and others challenging the eligibility criteria for the 2025 LT Grade teacher recruitment. The petitioners, represented by advocate Sanjay Kumar Yadav, argued that the current recruitment process for LT Grade positions violated the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. They contended that the advertisement issued by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) did not clearly specify the classes for which the recruitment was intended or the cadre under which the positions were being filled. The court emphasized that the CT (Certificate of Teaching) cadre had already been declared as part of the LT cadre (TGT grade), making TET a mandatory requirement. The court acknowledged that the Director of Education’s statement confirmed the existence of 904 institutions in the state offering education from class 6 to class 12. This raised questions about the validity of the UPPSC’s claim that there were no vacancies in classes 6 to 8. The court noted that the lack of clarity in the advertisement regarding the classes and cadre for which the recruitment was intended constituted a significant oversight.#uttar_pradesh_public_service_commission #high_court_allahabad #teacher_eligibility_test #jay_hind_yadav #sanjay_kumar_yadav
