SC clears Rajasthan officials

The apex court by its decisions in two cases,M Nagaraj and Suraj Bhan Meena,had held that if a state wanted to frame rules over reservation in promotion and consequential seniority for reserved category employees,it required to have quantifiable data on backwardness,inadequacy of representation in public employment and overall administrative inefficiency.

We are of the view that despite the delay on the part of the state in giving effect to the observations made in the two aforesaid cases,there was no willful or deliberate intention on their part to defy the orders of this Court, said the Bench.