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Boost to SC/ST quota in promotions
News:
- Supreme Court says there is no need to collect data on SC/ST in reservation in promotion in government services.
Important Facts:
- The Supreme Court said the state does not have to collect quantifiable data on the backwardness of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) for giving them reservation in promotion.
- Timeline of Supreme Court Judgement in reservation in promotions for SC/STs
- Indira Sawhney Judgement 1992 – Court has held that requirement of social and educational backwardness cannot be applied to SC/STs to provide reservation.
- In M. Nagraj Verdict in 2006 – SC has asked the Government to produce quantifiable data to prove Backwardness of a SC/ST class to provide reservation in Job promotions.
- In 2018 Judgement – Recently, court has held that there is no need to collect the quantifiable data of backward classes to provide reservation.
- Court also said that, the creamy layer concept of OBC will apply in the matter of promotions for SC/STs.
- Impact of Supreme Court Judgement:
- Boost effort to provide accelerated promotion to SC/ST in Government services.
- Will enable the backward classes of citizen to move forward with other citizen of India on an equal basis.
