Reservation: RBE No.241/1985 – Recommendation No.62 of Commissioner for SC/ST
No.85-E(SCT) 49/21, dated 20.08.1985
Sub: Writ Petitions filed in various High Courts and the Supreme Court challenging the reservation orders for SC/ST – Engagement of counsels etc. – Recommendation No.62 made by the Commissioner for Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe in his 27th Annual Report.
Ref: D.O. letter No.85-E(SCT)/15/38, dated 08.04.1985 from Add. Director, Establishment (R), Railway Board to the Chief Personnel Officers, all-Indian Railways, etc.
In continuation of the D.O. letter quoted above, a copy of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Deptt. of Personnel and Administrative Reforms) O.M. No.36013/6/84-Estt. (SCT), dated 29.08.1984 is sent herewith for information and strict compliance of the instructions contained therein.
Government of India
Ministry of Home Affairs
Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms
No.36013/6/84-Estt. (SCT), dated 29.08.1984
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Recommendation made by the Commissioner for Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe in his 27th Annual Report.
1. The undersigned is directed to refer to the above subject and to say that the Commissioner for Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe has made the following recommendation in his 27th Report:
“Recommendation No.62 – The Department of Personnel and A.R. is once again urged to issue immediate instructions to all concerned to ensure that the policy of the Government in regard to reservation which is based on the provisions made in the Constitution is properly interpreted before the courts and the cases do not go by default.”
2. The Government has accepted this recommendation. Ministries/ Departments are requested to ensure that the above recommendation is strictly complied with, and whenever cases are filed in courts, adequate steps are taken to project the policy of the Government with regard to reservation correctly and also adequate steps are taken to defend such cases adequately in consultation with the Department of Personnel and A.R., if necessary.
3. Ministry of Finance, etc., are requested to bring the contents of this Office Memorandum to the notice of all their attached and subordinate offices.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.241/1985
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.