There should be No Reservation in Promotions – Supreme Court
Supreme Court in a landmark judgement has ruled out reservation in promotion for SC/ST categories.
New Delhi January 10: The Supreme Court has ruled that there could be no quota for SC and ST employees for top posts in public sector banks but reservation for them was permissible in posts from scale-I till scale-VI.
A bench of J.Chelameswar and A.K.Sikri held that though there was no provision for reservation in promotion in banks for officers from scale-I onwards but an office memorandum issued by Department of Public Enterprises in November 2004 permitting quota up to scale-VI.
The bench informed that “the policy of no reservation in the matter of promotion is applicable only from Scale-VII and above. It, therefore, clearly follows that in so far as promotion from Scale-I to Scale-II, Scale-II to Scale-III, Scale-III to Scale-IV, Scale-IV to Scale-V, Scale-V to Scale-VI are concerned, reservation is to provided”. The bench said: “It is clarified that at present there is no provision for reservation in promotion by selection only in respect of those posts which carry an ultimate of 5,700/- per month (revised to 18,300 and 20,800/- per month in respect of those public sector undertakings following IDA pattern). Qua (with regard to) appellant Banks, that would be in respect of Scale-VII and above. Therefore, to carry out promotions from Scale-I upwards upto Scale-VI, reservation in promotion in favour of SC/ST employees has to be given.”
The court passed the order on a bunch appeals filed by banks challenging the Madras HC order directing them to provide reservation on the ground that there is no adequate representation of SC/ST category of officers in Group-IV and above.
The apex court held that HC in its verdict of 2009 has gone by the lofty ideals enshrined in Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution as well as the fact that in there banks there is no adequate representation of SC/ST category of officers in Group-IV and above.
“That may be so. It can only provide justification for making a provision of this nature.
“However, in the absence of such provision, same cannot be read by overstretching the language of office memorandum dated August 13, 1997”, it said.
Clarifying its verdict, the bench said, it would have the effect of allowing the writ petitions with directions to the appellant banks to make provision for reservations while carrying out promotions from Scale-I to Scale-II and upward upto Scale-VI.
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So it should be based on income and its shouldn’t be based on caste. Now a days many sc st and other obc ppl who are born rich are utilizing these reservations and other general meri people who secure good marks do not get seats in colleges , jobs , promotions etc. Even if we have reservation it should be on the basis of income and below poverty line and not on caste basis.
First of all. we should understand the living conditions, educational environment and quality of life of reservation category people. Think of Children of group VI employees, farm labourers and other unorganised sector employees children. These children grown with malnutrition, poor educational environment. How they can compete with children of Group I officers, where they get highly nutritious food, reading in high quality school. When there is no equality in getting quality education, nutritious food, for all, there must be reservation in all the level of government position.
it is high time that we abolish this reservation system, all the backward classes or the underprivilaged classes can be given financial benefit but not responsible posts if they are not capable , it always should be on merit and not on reservations. India needs to follow the system of equality now and not unwanted politically motivated agendas to divide and harm our future generation.