KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- The reservation was applicable as per the SEBC Act, 2018
- In 2019, MahaDiscom released an advertisement for various posts that had direct service recruitment processes
By Ankit Salvi
In 2019, MahaDiscom released various posts that had direct service recruitment processes like Electrical Assistant, Substation Assistant, Graduate Apprentice Engineer Established, and Diploma Apprentice Engineer Distribution / Construction have been advertised.
At that time, as the reservation was applicable as per the SEBC Act, 2018 many candidates had filled out the applications under the reserved category. However, the SC on September 9 ordered an interim stay on the appeals against the Act.
Eventually, the SC cancelled the Maratha reservation. During the interim adjournment candidates who had applied in the direct service recruitment process under the reservation quota, were allowed to apply in the EWS category or open category, and were also allowed to obtain a certificate of EWS by the state government.
The State Government issued a GR on December 23, 2020. Also, based on this GR, the Industries Department issued such instructions on 10 February 2021. This was contested by several candidates from the EWS group in the open category who also supported the state government’s GR.
Source: https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/bombay-hc-cancels-reservation-in-maharashtra-direct-service-recruitment-process-article-93228153