This order details the implementation of a Supreme Court judgment concerning reservation for SC/ST candidates in the Section Officers/Stenographers (Grade B/Grade-I) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination of 1996. Following the court’s directive, the UPSC revised the merit list, nominating 33 additional SC/ST candidates. Subsequently, 30 of these officers were provisionally interpolated into the Under Secretary seniority list for 2006 and 2007. The order then lists the postings of three officers – Karam Chand, Ram Shiromani Saroj, and Madan Lal Verma – as Under Secretaries to various ministries including Commerce, Tribal Affairs, and Road Transport & Highways respectively, relieving them of their current duties to take up these new roles. The order also directs the relevant administrative heads of the ministries involved to facilitate these transfers.
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No.5/8/2017-CS.I(U) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances \& Pensions (Department of Personnel \& Training)
2nd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi-110003
Dated the $01^{\text {st }}$ May, 2017
ORDER
The Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its judgement dated 15.07.2014 in CA No.6046-6047 of 2004 filed by Shri Rohtas Bhankar \& Ors. vs. UOI \& Anr. allowed the Appeal and held, inter-alia, as under:
“The respondents are directed to modify the results in the Section Officers/ Stenographers (Grade B/ Grade-I) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 1996 by providing for reservation and extend all consequential reliefs to the appellants, if not granted so far.”
2. In compliance with the aforesaid order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) revised the merit list of LDCE 1996 and nominated additional 33 SC/ST candidates under Category-I of Section Officers/ Stenographers (Grade B/ Grade-I) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 1996. Accordingly, Department of Personnel \& Training (DoPT) vide its O.M. No.6/9/2014-CS.I(S) dated 21.07.2015 and 11.09.2015 included these 33 SC/ST officers in the Section Officer Select List of 1996 (SOSL 1996). Out of these 33 SC/ST officers, one officer was absorbed in BSNL in the year 2000. Accordingly, a revised Common Seniority List in respect of 32 SC/ST officers were issued vide DOPT’s O.M.No.6/9/2014-CS.I(S) dated 09.10.2015.
3. Consequent on their inclusion in Section Officer Seniority List, 1996, 30 SC/ST officers were provisionally interpolated in respect of their immediate juniors in the Select List of Under Secretary for the years 2006 and 2007 vide DoPT’s Order No.5/10/2015-CS.I(U) (Vol.II) dated 13.01.2017. Out of 30 officers, 4 officers are presently discharging the duties of PPS of CSSS. Now, as a sequel to their provisional interpolation in USSL-2007 with reference to their immediate junior officer, out of 4 officers, 3 officers are now posted as Under Secretary of CSS as under:
| SI.
No. | Name
(S/Shri/Smt.) | CSL
No. | Present posting
(Min./Deptt.) | Posted to
(Min./Deptt.) |
| :– | :– | :– | :– | :– |
| 1. | Karam Chand | $6435-\mathrm{A}$ | Commerce | Rural Development
(D/o Land Resources) |
| 2. | Ram Shiromani
Saroj | $6438-\mathrm{A}$ | Tribal Affairs | Coal |
| 3. | Madan Lal Verma | $6439-\mathrm{O}$ | Road Transport \&
Highways | Information \&
Broadcasting |4. The above mentioned officers be relieved of their duties immediately to enable them to report to their allocated Ministry / Department as Under Secretary of CSS.
5. This is, however, subject to orders of any competent court in any of the connected matter.
To
- Director (Admn.), Ministry of Rural Development, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Director (Admn.), Ministry of Coal, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Director (Admn.), Ministry of Information \& Broadcasting, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Director (Amdn.), Department of Commerce, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Director (Amdn.), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Director (Admn.), Ministry of Road Transport \& Highways, Transport Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Shri Karam Chand, PPS, Department of Commerce, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Shri Ram Shiromani Saroj, PPS, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.
- Shri M.L. Verma, PPS, Ministry of Road Transport \& Highways, Transport Bhavan, Parliament Street, New Delhi.