Now recruitment will be done only after the reservation issue is resolved, strict order of Yogi government:

News India Live, Digital Desk: The Uttar Pradesh government has written a letter to all the Additional Chief Secretaries and Heads of Departments and made it clear that in future, there should not be any legal dispute regarding reservation in any recruitment. For this, ‘category-wise’ distribution of posts has been made mandatory before sending the recruitment requisition.

1. Why did the government take this decision? (The Reason)

In recent years, many big recruitments (like accountants, teacher recruitment) have got stuck in court simply because there were discrepancies regarding the rules of reservation or distribution of posts.

Avoidance of disputes: The government wants that after the recruitment process starts, there should not be any ‘U-turn’ on the issue of reservation.

Constitutional Compliance: After the instructions issued on 31 December 2025, now in all the recruitments of 2026 OBC (27%), SC (21%), ST (2%) and EWS (10%) It has been asked to strictly implement the quota.

2. The rule will be applicable on these major recruitment boards

All the selection commissions of Uttar Pradesh are included in this scope:

UPPSC (Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission): For PCS, RO/ARO and Gazetted posts.

UPSSSC (Subordinate Services Selection Commission): For Group-C posts like Lekhpal, Junior Assistant, VDO.

UPPRPB (Police Recruitment Board): For constable and inspector (SI) recruitment.

Education Service Selection Commission: For recruitment of teachers.

3. ‘Lekhpal Recruitment’ became an example (The Lekhpal Precedent)

Happened in January-February 2026 UPSSSC Lekhpal Recruitment A major change was seen in:

After the protests, the government redistributed the posts.

In this 717 OBC seats were increasedwhile the seats in General (UR) category were reduced.

The government now wants to finalize everything before the advertisement to avoid such ‘last minute amendments’.

4. What will change for students?

Positive aspects: Once the advertisement is released, the chances of the recruitment getting canceled or getting stuck in the court will be very less.

challenge: Due to time taken in verification of posts and reservation calculation, notification of upcoming recruitments will not be available. 15 to 30 days delay Might be possible.

5. Recent stand of the Supreme Court (SC Ruling 2026)

It is noteworthy that in January 2026, the Supreme Court has also clarified that if a reserved category (SC/ST/OBC) candidate scores marks equal to the cut-off of the general category, he will be appointed to an ‘unreserved’ seat. The new order of the UP government is a step towards maintaining the balance of merit and reservation.