Reservation not applicable for appointment of gram rozgar sevaks: High court

THE Orissa High Court has ruled that the principles of reservation cannot be made applicable for recruitment of gram rozgar sevaks (GRSs) as they are engaged by way of contractual appointments.

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In a recent judgment, the single judge bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra said the GRS is not a civil post under the state. It is also not a service within the meaning of the Odisha Civil Service (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962.

It is an engagement coterminous with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) with those engaged being given consolidated remuneration and on executing agreement with undertaking that they shall not claim regular employment under the state.