Imphal, July 26 NNN: Movement for Tribal People’s Rights Manipur (MTPRM) has on Thursday urged the state Home
Minister to intervene in the matter pertaining to non-implementation of the Manipur Reservation of Vacancies in Post and Services (for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Act, 1976 in the Manipur Police Housing Corporation Ltd.
In a representation to Home Minister Gaikhangam, MTPRM said that there are only 11 regular employees belonging to ST category instead of 34 out of 109 employees in MPHC Ltd.
Till November 19, 2011, in 21 regular posts of Junior Engineers in MPHC Ltd, not a single post was reserved for STs, but now two posts have been reserved for STs with a backlog of five more posts.
The MPHC Ltd is a government of Manipur undertaking corporation and is controlled by itself and it comes within the meaning of the state under Section 2 (g) of the Manipur Reservation of Vacancies in Post and Services (for SCs & STs) Act, 1976, hence all appointments to post and services in the corporation are to be made by applying the Act, including the relevant rules, MTPRM maintained.
The present percentage of reservation in the state or STs in post and services is 31.
In view of the settled position of law of reservation, the Gauhati High Court (Imphal Bench) by an order had held that the provisions of the Manipur Reservation of Vacancies in Post and Services (for SCs & STs) Act, 1976 will be followed in filling up the post of Junior Engineers (civil) and Assistant Engineers in MPHC Ltd, MTPRM mentioned in the representation .
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