The Supreme Court asked the Centre and public sector banking authorities to consider providing reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees in promotion to officers’ ranks at all levels.
The judgment was delivered on review petitions filed by the Centre, Central Bank of India Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Employees’ Welfare Association and others against the apex court judgment of January 9, 2015.
The banks contended that there was no rule for reservation in promotion in Class-A (Class-I) to the post having a basic salary of more than Rs.5,700 per month.
They argued that a 1997 office memorandum merely provided for concessions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes category staff in promotion.
Current Affairs: 7th January, 2016 Current Affairs Round up December, 2015.
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