Chandigarh, The Haryana Cupboard on Saturday authorised amendments within the Frequent Eligibility Check coverage to take away the grant of 5 per cent bonus marks to sure candidates primarily based on socioeconomic standards for presidency jobs in Group C and D posts.
Haryana govt amends CET coverage, removes bonus marks primarily based on socioeconomic standards
The federal government determination follows a Might 31 order by the excessive courtroom on the matter.
The approval was given in a gathering chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday, an official assertion stated.
“As per the amendments, the 5 per cent weightage for social economic criteria provided for the bona fide residents of Haryana has been removed. The said amendments have been done as per the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court,” stated the assertion. The amended coverage will likely be referred to as Coverage for Recruitment to Group C and D posts by Frequent Eligibility Check, Rule, 2024, it stated.
In Might, the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket had struck down the state authorities’s coverage of granting 5 per cent bonus marks primarily based on the socioeconomic standing of the candidate from the state, within the CET for teams C and D posts.
Later, in June, the Supreme Court docket had upheld the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket order. The apex courtroom was listening to an enchantment filed by the Haryana Workers Choice Fee in opposition to the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket’s Might 31 order.
The assertion stated, “The Policy for Recruitment to Group C and D posts through Common Eligibility Test, Rule, 2024 shall apply to direct recruitment to Group C posts including the posts of police service, prisons and home guards etc, excluding the teaching posts, ex-Agniveer and Group D posts for which minimum educational qualification is below matriculation…”
“Furthermore, after the amendment, now the maximum number of eligible candidates to appear for the skill and/or written examination shall be ten times the total number of posts advertised by the Commission. Earlier, the candidates equal to four times the number of posts advertised were eligible to appear,” the assertion stated.
On Might 5, 2022, the state authorities launched Frequent Eligibility Check for Group C and D posts.
In one other determination, the cupboard authorised the choice to convey an ordinance for additional amending the Haryana Contractual Workers Act, 2024.
Beneath this modification, the phrase “in a calendar year” will likely be changed with “during a period of one year of contractual service.” This modification is being launched to deal with request raised by contractual workers concerning the calculation of their service days, the assertion stated.
Workers had requested that the 240-day service requirement be calculated primarily based on the precise variety of days throughout a one-year interval of contractual service, as an alternative of a calendar 12 months.
The present system posed challenges for workers who joined between Might and December, because the service days for his or her first 12 months of employment weren’t being absolutely counted.
“For instance, employees whose date of joining falls after May and before December would not meet the 240-day service requirement for their first calendar year of service, thus affecting their job security,” it stated.
“In addition, for the year 2024, employees raised concerns as the number of days until the cut-off date of August 15, 2024, is only 227, which falls short of the required 240 days,” it added.
In response to those requests, the Haryana Cupboard has authorised the modification to contemplate 240 days of service throughout a interval of 1 12 months of contractual service, thereby addressing these points and guaranteeing higher job safety for contractual workers, it stated.
Beneath the Haryana Contractual Workers Act, 2024, the advantage of job safety is admissible to these contractual workers who fulfil the 5 years contractual service earlier than August 15, 2024, the assertion added.