State govt. rejects claims of irregularities in DSC-2025 teacher recruitment

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Special Chief Secretary (Services) S.S. Rawat, along with Education Department Secretary Kona Sashidhar and Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Bharani, addressing the media on Friday.

The State government on Friday clarified that the DSC-2025 teacher recruitment process was conducted with complete transparency and in strict compliance with Supreme Court guidelines, G.O.Ms. No. 77 and all applicable reservation policies.

Addressing the media, Special Chief Secretary (Services) S. S. Rawat, Education Secretary Kona Sashidhar and Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Bharani responded to concerns raised by some candidates over the implementation of horizontal reservations, sports quota selections and reservations for persons with disabilities.

Mr. Rawat dismissed allegations and misinformation circulating on social media regarding DSC-2025 appointments as baseless. He explained that reservations were implemented under two categories: vertical reservations for SC, ST, BC and EWS communities, and horizontal reservations for women, persons with disabilities, ex-servicemen and sportspersons.

While vertical reservations were allotted through a 100-point roster system, horizontal reservations did not carry fixed roster points. Instead, they were adjusted within the candidate’s respective social category. For instance, candidates selected under the sports or disability quota were accommodated within their community category rather than through separate roster positions, he said.

Mr. Sashidhar said all appointments were made strictly on the basis of merit and constitutional reservation principles. As DSC-2025 was the first major recruitment exercise conducted after the implementation of G.O.Ms. No. 77, some confusion had arisen over the application of horizontal reservations, he said, adding that no rules had been violated.

He said assigning fixed roster points in advance was not the prescribed method for impl