The State Government today formed a six-member committee headed by Minister Amar Kumar Bauri to study Constitutional provisions for giving preference to residents of non-scheduled districts of the State in class III and class IV recruitments. The decision came in the wake of the demands raised by several legislators in the House.
Principal Secretary of Personnel Department Nidhi Khare said under instructions of Governor a six-member panel was formed to review the proposal of giving preference to residents of non-scheduled districts in class II and class IV jobs under the Constitutional provisions. Committee will submit report in 15 days of notification. It is headed by Minister Amar Kumar Bauri, while MlAs Radha Krishna Kishore, SN Tiwari, Raj Sinha and Amit Mandal are members. Principal Secretary of Personnel Dept Nidhi Khare is Member Secretary. Demands were raised by legislators to take up provisions of reservation even in non scheduled area including Palamu, Garhwa, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Koderma, Chatra, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Giridih, Deoghar and Godda.