The latest advertisement of IBPS for Recruitment of specialist Officer , CWE SPL III,has categorically has rejected the degrees other than full time graduate / PG degrees as eligible unlike its previous recruitment process for the post of HR/Personnel Officer Scale I. This has deprived thousand of student who aquired their MBA HR degrees from IGNOU to even appearing for CWE SPL III .

Where as IGNOU claims its degrees recognised as,

" IGNOU is a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY established by Act of Parliament in 1985 (Act No. 50 of 1985). IGNOU Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates are recognized by all the members of the Association of the Indian Universities (AIU) and AICTE and are at par with Degrees/Diplomas /Certificates of all the Indian Universities/Deemed Universities/Institutions vide UGC Circular No. F.I-8/92 (CPP) dated Feburary, 1992, AIU Circular N. EV/B (449)/94/176915 dated 5th January, 1994 & UGC Circular No. F1-52/2000(CPP-II) dated May, 2004."

This decision by IBPS to arbitrarily reject open and distance learning degrees Aprooved by AICTE/AIU with out being accountable to Govt policy has discriminating as well as depriving effect on thousands of student aspirants of Banking Specialists Officer .

The Distant Learning Degree Students does not get any privilege over their full time counter parts in the process of recruitment .They also appear for same written exam followed by interview and place themselves in the merit list without any mercy of IBPS.

Even the premium UPSC Recruitment for IAS, IPS, IFS and most of the Govt sector as well as PSUs does not discriminate between full time and open /distance learning mode degrees. IBPS 's stand on this like corporate sector is utter illogical and cynical. It also goes against citizen right.