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reservation in promotion to the SC/ST staff

SC: Merit can’t exclude equality and diversity

A meritorious candidate is not merely one who is talented or successful but also one whose appointment fulfils the constitutional goals of uplifting members of the SCs and STs and ensuring a diverse and representative administration, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

17 July 2019, 08:51 IST

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SC: Merit can’t exclude equality and diversity

17 July 2019, 08:51 IST

Top court ruling a relief to 40K SC/ST staff

The state government on Friday issued an oral direction to Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) to start making preparations for restoring consequential promotions to its Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes employees following the Supreme Court upholding the Karnataka law that grants the benefit to those employees.

11 May 2019, 12:23 IST

Top court ruling a relief to 40K SC/ST staff

Top court ruling a relief to 40K SC/ST staff

Top court ruling a relief to 40K SC/ST staff

11 May 2019, 12:23 IST

Committee established need for quota policy

Much of the credit for Friday’s SC order goes to one-man committee of the then Additional Chief Secretary K Ratna Prabha. The committee, set up in April 2017, not only established inadequacy in representation of SC/ST communities in the government and their backwardness, but proved that the promotion policy had not affected the overall efficiency.

10 May 2019, 20:54 IST

Committee established need for quota policy

Committee established need for quota policy

Committee established need for quota policy

10 May 2019, 20:54 IST