Equality/pay protection
Ziaur Rahman
(Querist) 26 July 2009
This query is : Resolved
By virtue of the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act 1976,the juniors in the same rank belonging to general category were superseded in grant of promotion by their colleaguer belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes upon their seniors (of general category in gradation list) in feeder post by virtue of a 100 point roster preapred by the State Government. As a result the seniors were not only superseded in ranks but also started receiving less salary in comparison to their juniors who were promoted to the next higher rank .When the general category candidates were promoted to the next higher rank they were considered junior in that rank and were palced at the bottom of the gradation list below their SC/ST counterparts and are being less paid in their salay than their junior scheduled caste and scheduled tribe counterparts who had superseded them under the Act. What is the remedy before the employees of general category. Why the y should be discriminated twice by the ST/SC employees, once in rank and aother in salry and perks.Does not it violate the Constitution on the point of equality.What is remedy against this inequality?
s.subramanian
(Expert) 24 August 2010
It is the policy of Reservation evolved by the Constitution of India. It cannot be chalenged.
