The UP cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal for caste-based reservation of seats for three-tier panchayat institutions. The follow-up government order for the reservation will be issued in the next two days and the process of reservation has to be completed before March 17.
The Allahabad High Court has directed the state government to complete the panchayat elections by April 30. The court has also directed the government to complete the process of reservation of seats in village panchayats, block pramukh, block development committee member, zila panchayat member and chairman of zila panchayats by February 12. The government has to rush with issuing the order for reservation as the process of identifying seats in the three-tier panchayat bodies will take at least a month’s time.
The other proposal approved by the cabinet is the draft UP Educational Institutions (Reservation) Bill, 2021. The cabinet also approved a proposal for payment of gratuity to class IV employees of junior high school on attaining the age of 60 years. The cabinet also adopted a proposal for construction of a guest house with 15 suits in Kaushambi district. The proposal for the renovation, beautification and remodelling of the circuit house in Gorakhpur was also approved, as was the proposal for construction of a sports complex at judicial training research institute in Lucknow.
The guidelines for the implementation of UP Atal Groundwater Scheme under the Namami Gange department were also given the go-ahead by the cabinet.
The cabinet also approved a proposal related to the UP, Prohibition of Religious Conversion Bill, 2021 and another related to UP Damage to Public and Private Property Act, 2020. The cabinet also approved a pooled housing project in Barabanki.