The Supreme Court in the
matter of M. Nagaraj case, while upholding validity of the Constitution
amendments regarding reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes, has laid down certain pre-requisite conditions for
providing reservation in promotion to SCs and STs, namely the State has to
see about inadequacy of representation, backwardness of the class and
efficiency of administration. To overcome these pre-requisite conditions, the
Government proposed to introduce a bill to amend the Constitution. Opinion of
the Attorney General of India was sought on the proposed bill and he had not
opined that the Bill on the Constitutional amendment for reservation of
Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes in promotion in the Government jobs was
erroneous.
The Bill aims to amend Article 16(4A) so as to continue with existing provisions of reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, without any impediment.
This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by Shri Yashvir Singh and Shri Neeraj Shekhar in the Lok Sabha today.
The Bill aims to amend Article 16(4A) so as to continue with existing provisions of reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, without any impediment.
This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by Shri Yashvir Singh and Shri Neeraj Shekhar in the Lok Sabha today.
