DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand high court has quashed the state government’s move granting reservation to SC and ST government employees in promotions while describing it “as illegal and unconstitutional”.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice U C Dhyani said the move was not based on guidelines the Supreme Court had set for reservations in promotions in state government jobs a couple of years ago. They said such reservations can be accorded only after the state government presents a quantifiable data on performance of the employees to be promoted under the SC guidelines. “As in this case too, the state has not presented any date on performance of employees to be promoted, the provision for reservation stands quashed,” the judges said.
Src: TOI