Chandigarh. The provision of giving additional 5 marks in government jobs in Haryana has been abolished. Punjab-Haryana High Court gave an important decision on Friday. The court declared reservation on socio-economic basis unconstitutional. There was a provision of giving marks on socio-economic basis. 5 marks were given for government jobs. Many petitions were filed in the High Court against this. The court had reserved the decision on this. This decision of the High Court has definitely cleared the way for the appointments which were stuck in the state.
In fact, in the petition filed in the High Court against the government’s socio-economic reservation, it was told that the state government has given reservation on socio-economic basis by going against the Constitution. Under this reservation, the Haryana government had made a provision to give the benefit of 5 additional marks on socio-economic basis to the applicant coming from a family in which no one is in a government job and the family income is low.
The High Court had also stayed the appointments while hearing the petitions challenging reservation on social and economic basis. With the settlement of the petition, the way has been cleared for thousands of appointments in the state. Not only this, this decision of the High Court will affect the TGT recruitment apart from Group C and D. Now there will be no benefit of 5 marks in these recruitments. At the same time, the recruitments in which appointment has been given on the basis of these marks can also be re-examined.
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 31, 2024, 18:27 IST