The Jammu and Kashmir Government today disclosed that the cabinet sub-committee on reservation has submitted its report to the Council of Ministers, which will be finalized in due course after obtaining requisite approval from the competent authority.
In response to a question raised by Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone and Independent MLA Shabir Kulley, the Minister in charge of the General Administration Department informed the Assembly that the committee, after detailed deliberations and consultations with stakeholders, has completed and submitted its report to the Council of Ministers. The process of finalization will follow after due administrative approval.
The Minister stated that the existing reservation policy broadly aligns with constitutional provisions and judicial principles, including those laid down in the landmark Indira Sawhney vs. Union of India (1992) judgment.
In that judgment, the Supreme Court held that reservations should ordinarily not exceed 50 percent of available vacancies. However, the Minister clarified that this ceiling is not an absolute rule and may be relaxed in extraordinary circumstances where the peculiar socio-economic conditions of a particular state or region justify such a departure.
The government further informed the Assembly that it does not maintain region-wise or district-wise details of selections for junior scale posts in the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service, Jammu and Kashmir Police (Gazetted) Service, and Jammu and Kashmir Accounts Service, stating that such data is not compiled departmentally.
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