 bill no 22  of  2015 the  scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (compulsory notification and filling up of reserved vacancies) bill, 2015 by shri sadashiv lokhande, mp a billto provide for compulsory notification and filling up of vacancies reserved for persons belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in services and posts under the central government and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1  (1) this act may be called the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (compulsory notification and filling up of reserved vacancies) act, 2015definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—5(i) "appointing authority" means the authority empowered to make appointmentin relation to a service or a post in the offices under the central government and includes all establishments which are wholly owned or managed by the central government or in which fifty-one per cent shares are held by the central government(ii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; and10(iii) "vacancy" means vacancy in a service or a post reserved for the scheduledcastes or the scheduled tribes in the offices under the central government or in establishments which are wholly owned or managed by the central government or in which fifty-one per cent shares are held by the central government3 (1) every appointing authority shall, within one month of the existence of a vacancy, compulsorily notify that vacancy(2) the vacancies referred to in sub-section (1),—15(a) besides being notified by the employment exchange, shall also be notified in such newspapers, including vernacular newspapers, as may be prescribed; andcompulsorynotificationof vacancies reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes(b) shall be given wide publicity on state run and other media channels4 (1) every vacancy notified under section 3 shall be filled within six months from the date of notification20(2) every unfilled vacancy shall be carried forward till such vacancy is filled and in no case shall be dereservedcompulsory filling of vacancies reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes penalty5 where any person responsible for implementing the provisions of the act, intentionally contravenes any of the provisions thereof, he shall be subject to such disciplinary action as may be prescribed and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than of rupees fifty thousand25power to remove difficulties6 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:30provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this act(2) every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each house of parliamentact to have overriding effect357 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistenttherewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than this actpower to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act40 45(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made,before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsin spite of various measures taken by the government including special drive launched to fill the vacancies reserved for the persons belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, it has been observed that the vacancies meant for these persons remain unfilled and after some attempts, vacancies are dereserved on the ground that eligible candidates are not available to fill the vacancies it has, therefore, become necessary that legislation should be brought forward to fix the responsibility of the appointing authority and the officer concerned to take steps from time to time to compulsorily notify and fill the vacant posts meant for the persons belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in case, the officer responsible fails to take steps to fill the vacancy within a reasonable time, disciplinary action may be initiated against such officer in addition to a fine of rupees fifty thousandhence this billnew delhi;sadashiv lokhandedecember 23, 2014 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for compulsory notification and publicity of vacancies reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is likely to be involved per annumno non-recurring expenditure will be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for compulsory notification and filling up of vacancies reserved for persons belonging to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes in services and posts under the central government and for matters connected therewith————(shri sadashiv lokhande, mp)