Court stays Haryana notification for SC staff

Chandigarh: In a setback to the Haryana government, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday stayed a notification for reserving 20 percent seats in departmental promotions for class III and IV Scheduled Caste (SC) employees.

Justice Amit Rawal, while hearing a petition of Dinesh Kumar Sharma and others for quashing the notification, passed the order.

The government issued the notification on May 15 for providing benefits to the SC employees from April 1, 2013.

The petitioners pleaded that their promotions avenues have been minimised due to the notification.