Haryana scraps 5% socioeconomic bonus marks for CET Group C and D jobs after court ruling – Newz9

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Cabinet on Saturday accredited amendments within the Common Eligibility Test coverage to take away the grant of 5 per cent bonus marks to sure candidates primarily based on socioeconomic standards for authorities jobs in Group C and D posts. The authorities resolution follows a May 31 order by the excessive court 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 known as Policy for Recruitment to Group C and D posts via Common Eligibility Test, (Amendment) Rule, 2024, it stated.
In May, the Punjab and Haryana High Court 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 had upheld the Punjab and Haryana High Court order. The apex court was listening to an attraction filed by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission towards the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s May 31 order.
The assertion stated, “The Policy for Recruitment to Group C and D posts through Common Eligibility Test, (Amendment) 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 May 5, 2022, the state authorities launched Common Eligibility Test (CET) for Group C and D posts.
In one other resolution, the cupboard accredited the choice to convey an ordinance for additional amending the Haryana Contractual Employees (Security of Service) Act, 2024.
Under 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 handle requests raised by contractual staff concerning the calculation of their service days, the assertion stated.
Employees had requested that the 240-day service requirement be calculated primarily based on the precise variety of days throughout a one-yr interval of contractual service, as an alternative of a calendar yr.
The present system posed challenges for staff who joined between May and December, because the service days for their first yr of employment weren’t being totally 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 Cabinet has accredited the modification to think about 240 days of service throughout a interval of 1 yr of contractual service, thereby addressing these points and guaranteeing higher job safety for contractual staff, it stated.
Under the Haryana Contractual Employees (Security of Service) Act, 2024, the advantage of job safety is admissible to these contractual staff who fulfill the 5 years contractual service earlier than August 15, 2024, the assertion added.