Question : VACANCY BASED ROSTER

(a) the services in Class I, II, III and Class IV category/grade under the Ministry of Home Affairs and all the Statutory/Autonomous/Attached/Sub-Ordinate Organisations under their control, where the representation of persons belonging to the SC/ST categories has reached the prescribed percentage of reservation and because of which Post Based Rosters have been introduced in place of Vacancy Based Rosters; and

(b) the reasons for introduction of Post Based Rosters in place of Vacancy Based Rosters in those categories of services also where representation of SCs/STs has not reached the prescribed percentage of reservation?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (I.D. SWAMI)

(a) & (b): In pursuance of the ruling given by the Supreme Court of India that reservation has to be with reference to posts and not vacancies, the Government issued the instructions to introduce post based rosters in respect of posts under the Central Government. There was no precondition that reservation should reach the prescribed percentage of reservation on the basis of vacancy based roster before the post based rosters are introduced. The post based roster is a mechanism to ensure that the reserved categories get due share of posts up to the prescribed percentage of reservation in line with the principles enunciated by the Supreme Court of India. These instructions are being followed in the Ministry of Home Affairs as also in its attached and subordinate offices.