The Ministry of Human Resource Development is awaiting an early hearing of the special leave petition on enforcing the SC/ST recruitment reservation roster at the university rather than in the departments.
The Centre has moved the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that reservation be applied in departments. Critics say the verdict will endanger the quota. βThe hearing is scheduled for this month-end. If there is a delay, we will go for an ordinance, as appointments have been stalled,β said an official.
Sources said the Law Ministry asked if the anomaly of the SC/ST quota at all levels β from assistant professor to professor β can be addressed by extending the OBC quota to all levels from the entry level. However, the government wants to restore the pre-existing reservation roster with the university, rather than the department, as a unit, an official said.