With speculation rife that the Samajwadi Party government may follow the Allahabad High Court ruling on reservation in job promotions, Dalit organisations want the government to wait till the Supreme Court delivers its verdict in the case. The judgment has been reserved by the apex court.
In its Assembly election manifesto, the ruling party had said that on issues pertaining to reservation in promotions, it would act in accordance with the High Court order.
The Lucknow Bench in its judgment dated January 4, 2011 quashed the Mayawati government's decision granting reservation in promotions. A Special Leave Petition was filed in the Supreme Court against the order by the Bahujan Samaj Party government and some organisations on February 28, 2011.
Allowing the SLP, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court ordered that “status quo, as it exists today, shall be maintained by the parties until further orders.” The judgment was reserved on February 15, 2012.
A delegation of the Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Mahasabha met Chief Secretary Javed Usmani and apprised him of the apex court's ruling on the maintenance of status quo and the judgment being reserved on February 15, 2012. In a memorandum, the Ambedkar Mahasabha said the government should wait for the Supreme Court's verdict. It also mentioned the 77{+t}{+h}and 85{+t}{+h}amendments to the Constitution on reservation in promotions and seniority.