Siddhartha Kumar
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:55:45 -0800
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/scst-staff-plea-provide-quota-dismissed-056 SC/ST staff plea to provide quota dismissed Decrease text sizeIncrease text size March 4th, 2010 By DC Correspondent , DC Correspondent Mar. 3: The Madras high court has held that the SC/ST candidates cannot claim it as a matter of right to provide reservation in promotion to a particular post. Justice K. Chandru dismissed the petition filed by Madras Refineries SC/ST employees welfare association (now Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited), Manali, seeking to quash the proceedings dated January 29, 2010 and consequently direct the CPCL to earmark two posts of General Manager to be filled up by promotion from among the SC/ST candidates. According to petitioner, when the vacancies arose, petitioner association sent a representation dated January 11 asking the CPCL whether reservation was made for filling up the post of GM. In its reply dated January 29, the CPCL negatived their claim. Hence it filed the present petition. The judge said Article 16 (4) of the Constitution providing for reservation in promotion was an enabling provision. It was for the state to make appropriate Rules consistent with Article 16 (4) and 16 (4-A) and Article 335 to make appropriate Rules by grant of due representation in various posts.If the state wants to make a provision, it was to collect quantifiable data showing backwardness of the class, inadequacy of representation of that class in public employment and mandatory compliance with Article 335 of the Constitution. * Hearing transfered in MP assault case The Madras high court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of the hearing on the anticipatory and bail petitions filed by some of the accused allegedly involved in the assault on AIADMK MP O.S. Manian, from Nagapattinam district sessions court to Thanjavur sessions court. Justice R. Regupathy ordered the transfer on a petition filed by Manian, seeking to transfer the petitions from Nagapattinam district judge, against whom some corruption charges were alleged, to some other court. The judge said the petitions were directed to be transferred to the court of sessions at Thanjavur and the Thanjavur court was directed to dispose of the petitions on merits in accordance with law without any delay. According to Manian, Palaniappan and his men assaulted him at a marriage function on January 28 at Nagapattinam district and he gave a complaint. The Madras high court had dismissed the anticipatory bail petitions filed by three accused in the case. The then Nagapattinam sessions judge M Lakshminarayanan also dismissed the anticipatory petition of Palaniappan and bail petitions of his men. Subsequently, Lakshminarayanan went on leave and Mr Chandrasekar, Thiruvarur district judge, took additional charge of Nagapattinam district sessions court. Mr Chandrasekar was facing several allegations and enquiries were pending before this court.