Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur on Monday stayed the decision of the state government to provide reservation in promotions.
The order came as a major jolt to the state’s Congress-led government.
The next hearing into the matter is on January 20.
Petitioner Santosh Kumar’s counsel Yogeshwar Sharma informed that dissatisfied with the justifications given by the state government, the division bench of Chief Justice P.R. Ramchandra Menon and Justice P.P. Sahu stayed the government’s order on reservation in promotions.
Chhattisgarh government though a notification on October 25 this year had made amendment in the rules of Chhattisgarh Public Service (Promotion) 2003 which ensures reservation in promotions, he informed.
Notably, the High Court had earlier also stayed the state government’s decision of enhancing the reservation for the Other Backward Class from 14 % to 27%.