Bihar Government to Grant Reservation in Promotions to SCs/STs

• The Bihar government has decided to grant facility of reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes personnel in its services.
• This has been done following an advice received from the Union Personnel and Training Department.
• The decision in this regard was taken in the light of the recommendations made by a high-level committee of state government officials constituted for the purpose on June 27 and legal advice obtained on it, the notification.

SC allows reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees:

• The Supreme Court today allowed Union government to go ahead with reservation in promotion for employees belonging to the SC and ST category in "accordance with law".
• The vacation bench comprising Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan took into account the Centre's submissions that entire process of promotion has come to a "standstill" due to the orders passed by various high courts and the apex court had also ordered for "status quo" in a similar matter in 2015.
• The government said there were separate verdicts by the high courts of Delhi, Bombay and Punjab and Haryana on the issue of reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees and the apex court had also passed different orders on appeals filed against those judgement.

By: Ziyaur Rahman