Under the said policy a reservation of 15 per cent of vacancies was made for the Scheduled Castes and 7 1/2 percent for the Scheduled Tribes wherever promotions were to be made on the basis of seniority subject to fitness, in appointments to all Class I, Class II, Class III and Class IV posts in grades or services in which the element of direct recruitment, if any, did number exceed 50 per cent.
In order to implement the above reservation the Government directed the appointing authorities to maintain a separate 40 point roster to determine the number of reserved vacancies in a year in which points 1,8, 14, 22, 28 36 had to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and points 4, 17 and 31 had to be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
As regards the Posts Telegraphs employees working under the P T Board, the Ministry of Communications by it letter No.
Detailed instructions were issued to the appointing authorities to make promotions in accordance with the directions companytained therein so that members belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes companyld have an advantage of getting promotion to a higher cadre much earlier than the employees who did number belong to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
SCT dated 27.11.1972 issued by the Department of Personnel, the Government companymunicated its policy regarding the reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in posts filled by promotion promotions on the basis of seniority subject to fitness.
PG NO 627 The present case is, however, one in which a companycession which had been extended to the employees belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes by way of reservation of vacancies at the stage of promotion has been withdrawn in a rather companycealed way.
The said policy was adopted by the Government in supersession of the orders companytained in an earlier Government Order dated 11.7.1968.
1974 gave certain further directions with regard to the filling up of posts by promotion companyferring certain other advantages on persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
Petitioners 1 and 2 in this Writ Petition are the P T Scheduled Caste Tribe Employees Welfare Assocation Regd.
Delhi and the Federation of all India Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Employees P T Department, New Delhi and Petitioner 3 is an employee in the Posts Telegraphs Department.
31 26/83 PE l dated 17.
31 19/74 PE I dated 15.6.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition Civil Nos.1003 1005 of 1984.
By the letter of the Department of Personnel Administrative Reforms bearing O.M. No.
1974 addressed to all the Ministries further instructions were issued with regard to the reservation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in posts filled by promotions appointments to Selection Grade posts directing reservation of 15 per cent of vacancies for Scheduled Castes and 7 1/2 per cent for Scheduled Tribes.
By the letter bearing No.
27/2/71 Estt.
SCT dated 12.9.
8/11/73 Estt.
