Jats can apply for general posts as Haryana makes a category switch
5 years, 7 months ago

Jats can apply for general posts as Haryana makes a category switch

Hindustan Times  

Eager to step up recruitments before the bell rings in for the assembly polls in the state, the BJP government in Haryana on Wednesday ordered that posts reserved for Jats and five other castes, but kept in abeyance on the orders of the high court, would now be considered as general category posts. The state government had in 2016 enacted a law to provide 10% reservation in jobs and educational institutions to Jats and five other castes in Class 3 and 4 posts and 6% reservation in Class 1 and 2 posts under a newly created Backward Classes category. In September 2017, the Punjab and Haryana high court ordered that Act be kept in abeyance till the Haryana Backward Classes Commission determines the extent and quantum of reservation in jobs and educational institutions. On whether the chief secretary’s instructions were contemptuous of the HC orders, an official clarified that since the HBCC had to determine the quantum of reservation for Jats and five other castes, there was no point in keeping the posts under Backward Classes category in abeyance.

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Live Law  

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1 week, 4 days ago

Haryana govt amends CET policy, scraps 5 pc socioeconomic bonus marks for Group C and D jobs

India TV News  

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Subclassification of Scheduled Castes trigger arguments in assembly
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Hindustan Times  

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Haryana's SC Sub-Quota: A Polarizing Divide Within the Dalit Community
2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Subclassification of scheduled castes: Haryana govt asks SC panel to analyse data
5 months ago

Subclassification of scheduled castes: Haryana govt asks SC panel to analyse data

Hindustan Times  

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Haryana Cabinet okays policy to provide job, entrepreneurship opportunities to ex-Agniveers
5 months ago

Haryana Cabinet okays policy to provide job, entrepreneurship opportunities to ex-Agniveers

Hindustan Times  

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Sub-classification within SCs, STs permissible, says Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

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11 months ago

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Live Law  

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11 months ago

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Live Law  

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11 months ago

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Live Law  

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Rajasthan announces 6% reservation to most backward castes within OBCs
1 year, 4 months ago

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Live Mint  

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1 year, 8 months ago

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The Hindu  

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1 year, 8 months ago

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The Hindu  

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1 year, 10 months ago

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The Hindu  

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Haryana to set up Backward Classes Commission: Khattar
2 years, 5 months ago

Haryana to set up Backward Classes Commission: Khattar

Hindustan Times  

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Plea In Bombay High Court Challenges 2% Reservation For Special Backward Classes In Govt Jobs
3 years, 1 month ago

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Live Law  

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Puducherry Local Body Elections: Madras High Court To Decide If Reservation For Backward Classes Is Mandatory
3 years, 1 month ago

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Live Law  

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States have no power to draw up own lists of backward classes: Supreme Court
3 years, 8 months ago

States have no power to draw up own lists of backward classes: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

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Bombay HC upholds Fadnavis govt's Maratha reservation Act
5 years, 6 months ago

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Op India  

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Backward Class Reservation Is Religion Neutral; Person In 'Jat Sikh' Category Entitled To OBC Reservation : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 6 months ago

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Live Law  

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