Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Tuesday said that with the passing of “The Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Bill, 2016”, a long standing demand of many communities in the State has been fulfilled.
The Chief Minister while talking to the mediapersons after the bill was passed unanimously in Haryana Vidhan Sabha here said that the previous Congress Government had turned this demand into such a draft which was stuck in the High Court and Supreme Court.
After making a thorough study and consulting the stakeholders, the present BJP government had got the bill passed which would become a law after the assent of Governor, he said.
He said that a request would also be made to the Central Government to include this Act in 9th Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Referring to the provisions of the Bill, the Chief Minister said that six castes including Jat, Jat Sikh, Ror, Bishnoi, Tyagi and Mulla Jat/Muslim Jat have been included in Backward Classes-C category.
He said that the State government has not only maintained the reservation provisions of BC-A and B categories, but has also extended some more benefits to them through this bill.
71 castes included in Backward Classes-A would be given 11 per cent reservation in services for Class I and II posts instead of 10 per cent being given earlier. Similarly, six castes of BC-B category would be given one per cent more reservation in services in Class I and II posts as against the earlier provision of five per cent, he added.
The Chief Minister said that all those castes which are not covered under any category would be given reservation under Economically Backward Classes. The government had also decided to enhance the reservation under EBC from five per cent to seven per cent and notification to this effect would be issued shortly, he said.
lamenting on the role of the Congress, the Chief Minister said that it is unfortunate that Congress members did not come to the House despite repeated invitations. Their failure on giving reservation might be the reason for staying out of the Assembly which is not good. Another big cause for their being absent was SYl issue for which Congress is responsible, he added.
On being asked to comment on status of reservation on the posts already advertised by the recruitment agencies, he said that requisition to fill up the vacant posts of various Departments, Boards and Corporations had been sent to Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) and Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) after making deduction of 10 per cent. These 10 per cent posts would be separately advertised as per the norms and rules of HPSC and HSSC.
Replying to another question, the Chief Minister said that Haryana Backward Classes Commission had also been given the statutory status and Commission would have the right to include or delete new castes in the list of backward classes in the state.