{"id":306420,"date":"2025-10-23T10:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=306420"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:26:33","slug":"why-does-bengal-govts-spl-hiring-drive-for-reserved-categories-not-have-unreserved-posts-ask-users-pointlessly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/why-does-bengal-govts-spl-hiring-drive-for-reserved-categories-not-have-unreserved-posts-ask-users-pointlessly\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does Bengal govt&#8217;s spl hiring drive for reserved categories not have unreserved posts? ask users, pointlessly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A clipping of a newspaper ad on hiring of doctors by the West Bengal Health Recruitment Board has gone viral, with social media users highlighting that there were no vacancies for the general category.<\/p>\n<p>On October 17, Supreme Court lawyer and X user Shashank Shekhar Jha, who often shares pro-Right content, posted the image of a West Bengal Health Recruitment Board circular with the caption &#8220;Vacancy for Medical Officer in Bengal: 528 Vacancy for Unreserved: 0 Reservation: 100%&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/y3aXF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vacancy for Medical Officer in Bengal: 528<br \/>\nVacancy for Unreserved: 0<br \/>\nReservation: 100% <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6MmsGr8cQH\">pic.twitter.com\/6MmsGr8cQH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shashank Shekhar Jha (@shashank_ssj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shashank_ssj\/status\/1979040571814457518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>X user Dr Rajeshwari Iyer also shared the ad, pointing out the &#8216;anomaly&#8217;. &#8220;Imagine studying 5.5 years to become a doctor, dedicating your life to serve the nation and yet, the government can\u2019t offer you a single seat. General Category has become the new Jews,&#8221; she wrote. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/WK67Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Total Vacancy &#8211; 528<br \/>\nSeats for General Category &#8211; 0<\/p>\n<p>Imagine studying 5.5 years to become a doctor, dedicating your life to serve the nation and yet, the government can\u2019t offer you a single seat.<\/p>\n<p>General Category has become the new Jews. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YJ857EMDv2\">pic.twitter.com\/YJ857EMDv2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Rajeshwari Iyer (@RajeshwariRW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajeshwariRW\/status\/1978834839378751735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users posted images of the same ad, pointing out that it had zero vacancies for unreserved or general category candidates. (Archives: <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/udOqt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/snBCO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/OkK38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-306420 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/why-does-bengal-govts-spl-hiring-drive-for-reserved-categories-not-have-unreserved-posts-ask-users-pointlessly\/chrome_oxcvecrq57\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"1128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_OxCvECrQ57.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_OxCvECrQ57.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_OxCvECrQ57-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_OxCvECrQ57-540x1024.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/why-does-bengal-govts-spl-hiring-drive-for-reserved-categories-not-have-unreserved-posts-ask-users-pointlessly\/chrome_7qjw65j4jk\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"1046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_7qjw65j4Jk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_7qjw65j4Jk.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_7qjw65j4Jk-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_7qjw65j4Jk-596x1024.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/why-does-bengal-govts-spl-hiring-drive-for-reserved-categories-not-have-unreserved-posts-ask-users-pointlessly\/chrome_kep6mabsjc\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"1118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_KEp6mabsJc.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_KEp6mabsJc.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_KEp6mabsJc-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_KEp6mabsJc-545x1024.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>Jha and others appear to have overlooked an important detail in the image they shared. That is, the phrase &#8220;Special Drive for Reserved Categories&#8221;. It is prominently displayed in bold at the top. This ad announced the second cycle of the special drive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-306424 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-61.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-61.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-61-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The longer version of the circular, carrying details of the scale of pay, qualifications and prerequisites (age, fee, etc.) can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrb.wb.gov.in\/uploads\/ads\/ad_68f0d6a7f0dc8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Bengal Health Recruitment Board&#8217;s official website.<\/a> &#8220;This is a special drive for reserved category. No UR candidates [except UR (PWD)] are eligible to apply against this particular advertisement&#8221; is also written in bold.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-306425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_xeBNU4q9DE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1592\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_xeBNU4q9DE.jpg 1592w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_xeBNU4q9DE-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_xeBNU4q9DE-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_xeBNU4q9DE-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/chrome_xeBNU4q9DE-1536x1261.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1592px) 100vw, 1592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When called out for his misleading tweet, Jha <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shashank_ssj\/status\/1979213894468997212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticised<\/a> the concept of special recruitment drives and asked, &#8220;when reserved categories can be part of the UR list, why not include the general category in such special recruitment drives?&#8221;. The sentence, readers might agree, makes little sense.<\/p>\n<p>Special drives are regular initiatives conducted in government institutions, such as colleges and workplaces, to address the backlog of job vacancies for scheduled castes and scheduled Ttribes. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.removepaywall.com\/search?url=https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/ldquoSpecial-drive-to-clear-backlog-in-SC-ST-vacanciesrdquo\/article16150944.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2010 statement<\/a> by then Union home minister P Chidambaram, Rajiv Gandhi carried out the first special drive during 1986-87 when he was the Prime Minister and filled up 55,000 backlog vacancies for SC\/ST in various government departments.<\/p>\n<p>These drives are also organized for <a href=\"http:\/\/npcc.gov.in\/writereaddata\/others\/ADVT-SC-ST-OBC-PWD-Website-GATE-2015-04.01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">central government jobs<\/a> and for academic positions at <a href=\"https:\/\/ncweb.du.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/NCWEB_B.A._Special_Drive_Cut-off-2022-23_0001_compressed-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">central universities<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/iitgn.ac.in\/careers\/faculty-special-drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">institutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/ncbc.nic.in\/Writereaddata\/36038-1-08-26637801748174901264.pdf#:~:text=cadre%20means%20the%20difference%20between%20the%20total,that%20category%20and%20are%20still%20lying%20unfilled.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office Memorandum<\/a> issued by the Union government&#8217;s department of personnel &amp; training, dated November 19, 2008, the government decided to launch a new special recruitment drive to clear existing backlog vacancies for SCs, STs, and OBCs in both direct recruitment and promotion quotas. This follows a similar initiative from 2004 in which about 56,000 vacancies were filled. Among the key guidelines are,<\/p>\n<ul class=\"marker:text-quiet list-disc\">\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Vacancies reserved for SCs, STs, and OBCs in direct recruitment cannot be dereserved. If suitable candidates are unavailable, those vacancies remain unfilled and become backlog vacancies for future recruitment years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">For promotion quotas, if there are not enough SC\/ST candidates fit for promotion, the reserved vacancies can be dereserved and filled with candidates from other communities. If neither SC\/ST nor other categories are available, these remain unfilled and become backlog vacancies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To sum up, Right-wing influencer Shashank Shekhar Jha and others shared an ad for a recruitment drive by the West Bengal government highlighting that there were no vacancies in the unreserved category, and portrayed it as a case of discrimination. In reality, the ad was for a special drive for reserved categories. 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