NEW DELHI: The clash between professional and anti-reservation blocs culminated within the Supreme Court's Nagaraj judgment of 2006 which ruled that "promotion quota" may simplest be supplied if the state furnished quantifiable data appearing "backwardness and inadequacy of representation" of SCs/STs in public jobs.
The judgment successfully ended the quota, resulting in a significant controversy which has no longer died down since.
"Promotion quota" has been in place since 1955. However, the Supreme Court in Indira Sawhney judgment (Mandal Commission) observed that quota may simplest be given for initial appointment and no longer in promotion. It was seen as stalling the a long time previous provision for Dalits and tribals.
In 1995, the Centre handed the 77th charter modification Act to proceed with "promotion quota".
However, in 1997, 5 Office Memorandums had been issued by DoPT on quite a lot of aspects of "promotion quota" like backlog and leisure of marks, placing brakes on quota. It brought on what came to be referred to as "5 OM agitation" led by the "All India SC/ST government employees federation" headed by now BJP MP Udit Raj.
The Vajpayee executive in 2000 handed three constitutional amendments – 81st, 82nd and 85th – to override the debatable OMs.
Following the Nagaraj judgement, drive began to tell on UPA which, in 2012, backed a bill in Rajya Sabha to obviate the need for states to assemble data on backwardness and inadequacy of representation. While the RS handed the bill on December 17, 2012, it was antagonistic in Lok Sabha and has remained pending since.
Despite the drama over the SC judgement on Tuesday, it isn't transparent if "promotion quota" has been restored to the pre-Nagaraj generation.
If no longer, it won't mean a lot to the SCs and STs.
The judgment successfully ended the quota, resulting in a significant controversy which has no longer died down since.
"Promotion quota" has been in place since 1955. However, the Supreme Court in Indira Sawhney judgment (Mandal Commission) observed that quota may simplest be given for initial appointment and no longer in promotion. It was seen as stalling the a long time previous provision for Dalits and tribals.
In 1995, the Centre handed the 77th charter modification Act to proceed with "promotion quota".
However, in 1997, 5 Office Memorandums had been issued by DoPT on quite a lot of aspects of "promotion quota" like backlog and leisure of marks, placing brakes on quota. It brought on what came to be referred to as "5 OM agitation" led by the "All India SC/ST government employees federation" headed by now BJP MP Udit Raj.
The Vajpayee executive in 2000 handed three constitutional amendments – 81st, 82nd and 85th – to override the debatable OMs.
Following the Nagaraj judgement, drive began to tell on UPA which, in 2012, backed a bill in Rajya Sabha to obviate the need for states to assemble data on backwardness and inadequacy of representation. While the RS handed the bill on December 17, 2012, it was antagonistic in Lok Sabha and has remained pending since.
Despite the drama over the SC judgement on Tuesday, it isn't transparent if "promotion quota" has been restored to the pre-Nagaraj generation.
If no longer, it won't mean a lot to the SCs and STs.
Promotion quota, a bone of contention for decades
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June 06, 2018
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