indore madhya pradesh public service commission mppsc kickstarted a controversy by selecting three obc candidates as assistant professors of mathematics on seats designated for unreserved female categorythe list of assistant professors was released on september 3the commission had held an examination for around 3500 posts of assistant professors including 205 seats of mathematics in 2018 after advertising it in 2017 since the beginning the examination was mired in controversiesrti activist dp singh who secured documents of recruitment through rti applications said the list released by mppsc violates the direction of the apex court the commission is goofing up the selection lists one after anotherthe supreme court in a case bhavna lakher vs state of madhya pradesh in 2013 had ruled out of 564 posts of homoeopathy medical officers 265 posts are reserved for women candidates of all categories i e horizontal reservation therefore candidates of one category cant be selected for general category posts even if they obtain higher marks than that of general category said singhmoreover indore bench of mp high court accepted a petition filed against a similar anomaly in the selection list of assistant professors of hindi the court also sought replies a week back from the higher education department and state government in the mattermppsc chairman bhaskar choubey however denied any anomaly in the list the commission issued the list as per the reservation rules framed by the government he saidcandidate of any category can be selected on unreserved seats whether it is of female or male only if the candidate secured more marks than general category candidate said choubeychoubey while replying to the notice issued by indore bench to the commission said we will reply accordingly he also replied to the apex courts judgement and said the reserved category candidates cant be selected on seats of unreserved category only if they have taken any benefit of their respective category during the examinationon this rti activist dp singh said when reserved category candidates paid less than unreserved category candidate whether it would be counted as a benefit for the reserved category or notthere must be an open discussion on the reservation issue because there are many doubts within the public over the selection of candidates on unreserved category seats said choubey