{"id":298439,"date":"2018-06-06T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tehelka.com\/?p=298439"},"modified":"2018-06-28T16:39:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T16:39:41","slug":"supreme-court-permits-reservation-in-promotion-to-sc-st-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/supreme-court-permits-reservation-in-promotion-to-sc-st-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Permits Reservation In Promotion To SC\/ST Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Supreme Court on June 5 permitted the centre to proceed with reservation in promotion for SC\/ST employees in \u201caccordance with law\u201d until the issue is adjudicated by its Constitution bench.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">There were separate verdicts by the high courts of Delhi, Bombay and Punjab &amp; Haryana and the Supreme Court had also passed different orders on appeals filed against those judgments, the government said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHow the promotion is taking place as of now?\u201d the vacation bench comprising\u00a0justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan\u00a0asked.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Responding to the query, the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Maninder Singh said, \u201cThey are not. It is all standstill. This is the problem\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;I am the government and I want to give promotion as per constitutional mandate,\u201d said Singh while urging that he was seeking a similar order as passed on May 17.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The bench told ASG Singh, \u201cWe will say you (Centre) can go ahead with promotion in accordance with law.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The centre mentioned the Supreme Court&#8217;s 2006 judgment in the M Nagaraj case, which had clearly said that creamy layer cannot be applied to SC\/ST for promotions in government jobs.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It is also similar to two other verdicts of 1992 Indra Sawhney and others versus Union of India (popularly called Mandal Commission verdict) and 2005 E V Chinnaiah versus State of Andhra Pradesh, which dealt with the creamy layer in Other Backward Classes category.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Another bench of the apex court had earlier said a five-judge Constitution bench would examine whether the M Nagaraj judgment needs to be reviewed, said Singh.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In April this year Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan has emerged as the government&#8217;s key spokesperson on Dalit issues, and said: &#8220;The government will move the apex court for the repeal of its directions which have halted the reservation for these communities in promotion.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;The court has ruled in favour of reservation for SCs and STs in promotion but also introduced several conditions, which have led to non-implementation of quota guidelines, said Paswan.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on June 5 permitted the centre to proceed with reservation in promotion for SC\/ST employees in \u201caccordance with law\u201d until the issue is adjudicated by its Constitution bench. 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