Recently, Madras HC has revolted at the Central govt. The Court issued a notice to the Union government on Friday on the controversy around the eligibility of MA Tamil literature graduates to apply for a PG Diploma course in Archaeology. Admission information issued by Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology (run by the Archaeological Survey of India) triggered a row around the exclusion of candidates who had passed MA-Tamil literature, as per a report.
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The court has now asked the Union government to recognize the officer who was in charge of conscripting the notification and present a report on the action that has been taken against the officer. A few days ago, Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology, an institution run by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) issued an admission notification for its PG Diploma in Archaeology course. In its notification, the college had stated that candidates who have a Masters's degree in ancient or medieval Indian history/archaeology or Indian classical languages like Sanskrit, Pali, Arabic, Prakrit or Persian were only eligible to apply for this course.
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The notification triggered a row as it left out graduates who had a Masters's degree in Tamil literature. The abuse urged the concerned officials to reissue the notification, this time specifying that candidates with a master's degree in any classical language would be eligible to apply for the course. Meanwhile, an advocate from Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu, S Ramesh Kumar, filed a petition in the Madras High Court, seeking the addition of post-graduation in Tamil as one of the eligibility criteria for the course.
