Orissa High Court stays state govt order on promotion to unreserved vacancies

In a major relief to government employees belonging to the general category, the Orissa High Court has stayed the operation of the September 11, 2024 clarification of the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare department in the matter of promotion.

- BIJOY PRADHAN @Bhubaneswar

The July 23, order of the single-judge bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy also made the May 6, 2024 clarification on the concept of ‘own merit’ in direct recruitment/promotion by the department inoperative. He posted the matter to August 13 for further hearing.

The department on February 27 had given effect to the criteria set forth in the May 6, 2024 resolution concerning reservation in promotion. All departments of the government were directed to follow the principles adopted by the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions as per the guidelines of the Supreme Court.