After outrage over its stand earlier than the court docket on the reservation concern, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities has filed an extra affidavit earlier than the Excessive Courtroom in a petition difficult the improved reservation quota in Jammu and Kashmir. In it, the federal government has knowledgeable the court docket concerning the establishing of a cupboard sub-committee to look at the difficulty.
The petitioners, nevertheless, say that whereas the extra affidavit has been submitted, the federal government’s place on the difficulty has not modified.
Launched in April final yr by the Lieutenant Governor-led UT administration, the coverage amends Rule 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act of 2004 to extend reservation for the reserved class within the state to 67 per cent from 43 per cent, with 3 per cent horizontal reservation to ex-servicemen. This has meant that solely 33 per cent was left for the overall class of candidates – a change vehemently opposed by varied political events and common class college students.
Two weeks after it instructed the court docket to dismiss the petition difficult the rise within the reservation quota, saying that “no proper, basic, authorized or statutory has been violated” and that the “petition is motivated by malice”, the federal government has filed the extra affidavit earlier than the court docket.
“The Answering Respondents most respectfully submits as beneath: That the Authorities of J&Ok has constituted a Sub-Committee… for analyzing the grievances projected by a bit of the aspirants for varied posts relating to Reservation Guidelines, in session with all stakeholders. The Committee will submit its report inside a interval of six months to the Authorities. Copy of the order is positioned on report,” reads the extra affidavit filed by the Deputy Secretary, Social Welfare.
In his earlier affidavit, the Deputy Secretary, whereas urging the court docket to dismiss the petition, skipped any point out of the federal government forming a cupboard sub-committee to look at the difficulty. In December final yr, the federal government fashioned a three-member cupboard sub-committee comprising Social Welfare, Well being and Training minister Sakeen Itoo, Jal Shakti Minister Javed Rana and Youth companies and sports activities minister Satish Sharma.
“They (authorities) have submitted an extra affidavit to placed on report the setting of a cupboard sub-committee on the reservation concern. Relaxation, their stand has not modified. It’s simply an extra affidavit and never a substitution affidavit,” the petitioner Zahoor Ahmad Bhat instructed The Indian Specific. “They (authorities) proceed to talk one language in public and one other within the court docket. However we’re certain that the court docket will take a look at the constitutionality and permit our petition on this discriminatory reservation.”
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