Shillong: A Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court has granted three weeks to the State government to introduce a roster system for implementation of the State Reservation Policy.
During the hearing, the State government has sought some time to introduce the roster system.
In its order on Wednesday, the bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Wanlura Diengdoh reminded the government that the roster system is relevant only for entry-level posts unless the reservation is also provided for promotion.
“Further, to ascertain what categories of persons would be next recruited, it is necessary to formulate a roster and apply the roster to all entry-level posts since the time the reservation policy came into effect, including cadres that were born after the reservation policy came into effect,” the order noted.
“Upon ascertaining the position in respect of each entry-level post, will it be possible to assess how the discrepancies, if any, may be addressed by inviting more applications in future recruitments from categories which have been under-represented so that at a given point of time there is no further discrepancy,” the court said.
Moreover, the Court observed that it is an enormous task for the exercise to be conducted for every entry-level post across government offices, including other government organisations where the reservation policy applies and gave two weeks to the state to complete the same exercise as far as the High Court and the District judiciary is concerned. The next hearing is listed on May 11.
