The Hindu : Rural quota: Special rules being drafted

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Friday, Jul 25, 2003

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Rural quota: Special rules being drafted

By Our Special Correspondent

Bangalore July 24. The Leader of the House in the Legislative Council and Minister for Major and Medium Irrigation, H.K. Patil, has said that the Government will draft special rules to safeguard the interests of the candidates recruited on the basis of rural weightage scheme, which was struck down by the Supreme Court.

Replying to a discussion initiated by several members including V.R. Sudarshan of the ruling party, Mr. Patil said that of the 16,096 candidates who were recruited on the basis of rural weightage in the past five years, the Government, subsequent to the apex court's order, considered the recruitments and identified 11,150 candidates as those who need not be dismissed from service, and 4,792 candidates as those who were liable to be dismissed. The apex court had ruled that all employees recruited on the basis of rural weightage should be dismissed, he added.

In order to protect the interest of these candidates, the Government was drafting special rules, and their appointments would now be made afresh. While the seniority of the 11,150 candidates would be protected, the seniority gradation in the case of the others would cease since their employment was with prospective effect. It was out of humanitarian considerations, apart from the need to ensure social justice, that the Government had deemed it fit to draft the special rules, he added.

Mr. Patil said the Government had filed a review petition before the apex court on June 25, and the hearing was yet to commence. The Government hoped that the court would dispose of the petition in its favour.

Several members brought to the notice of the Government the difficulties faced by the employees who faced dismissal. Some of them had even attempted suicide, they said.

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