LOK
SABHA
Government
has no proposal to revise reservation policy. Starting this
in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of State
for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Sanjay Paswan said that
reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
provided initially for a period of 10 years, has been extended
from time to time. He said that the Constitution 79th
Amendment Act, 1999 was enacted to continue reservation for
another ten years from January 25, 2000. Dr. Paswan said that
reservation in services was not introduced for any specified
period.
In
reply to another question, Dr. Pawsan said that Central Ministries
and Departments are following instructions issued by the Government
of India regarding reservation in services in Group A/ Gazetted
posts. He said reserved category candidates are generally available
for filling up reserved vacancies. However, in the event of
suitable SC/ST candidates not available, the posts are kept
vacant for filling up in subsequent recruitment years. Same
procedure is followed in case of non-availability of suitable
candidates for promotions to reserved posts. Dr. Paswan said
the reservation in state services is the concern of the respective
state governments.
