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Promotions in govt. offices should go ahead, says SC
Why it is in news?
- The Supreme Court observed that promotions in government offices should go ahead in accordance with law.
- The court was responding to the government’s complaint that the entire promotion process was in limbo because of uncertainty over reservation in promotion for the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe employees.
- A Bench of Justices A.K. Goel and Ashok Bhushan said nothing prevented the government from promoting employees in accordance with law. But the court was not clear about the law it was referring to.
At a standstill
- The promotions had come to a standstill because of the status quo order passed by the court in 2015 after the High Courts gave orders at cross-purposes.
- It is made clear that the Union of India is not debarred from making promotions in accordance with law, subject to further orders, pending further consideration of the matter.
- The petition before the Bench was the Centre’s challenge to the Delhi High Court’s verdict of August 23 last, quashing the government order extending reservation in promotion to employees of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes beyond five years from November 16, 1992.
Source
The Hindu