IEP Chandigarh, June 22
The Haryana Chief Secretary, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal today issued instructions regarding procedure to implement reservation in promotion for Scheduled Castes (SC) employees in the state.In his letter addressed to all Administrative Secretaries and Heads of Departments states that the Supreme Court in its judgment dated January 28, 2022, has laid down certain conditions that must be fulfilled by the government in order to implement the policy of reservation in promotions.These conditions include the collection of quantifiable data regarding inadequacy of representation of Schedule castes and Scheduled Tribes, application of data to each cadre separately. According to another condition, if a roster exists, the unit for operation of the roster would be the cadre for which the quantifiable data would have the collected and applied in regard to the filling up of the vacancies in the roster.The Chief Secretary has asked them to strictly maintain reservation rosters and diligently evaluate the suitability of officers being considered for promotion in order to maintain administrative efficiency. Since the Jarnail Singh batch of cases is currently pending in the Supreme Court of India, any promotion orders issued will be subject to further orders that may be passed by the Supreme Court in the said batch of cases.These instructions aim to ensure fair and equitable implementation of reservation in promotion for SCs, in accordance with the law and the guidelines set forth by the Supreme Court.
