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Haryana Cabinet Clears Clerical Services Bill Draft, Sets April 27 Assembly Session

The draft would widen promotion paths for Group D staff by raising their clerk quota to 30% with a new 5% ex gratia reserve.

Overview

  • The Haryana Cabinet, which met Wednesday in Gurugram, approved the draft bill and called a one-day Assembly sitting on April 27 to table it.
  • The proposal lifts the share of clerk posts filled by promotion from Group D staff to 30% from 20%.
  • It also directs the government to frame rules to promote common-cadre Group D employees who have more than five years of service.
  • A 5% ex gratia reservation would be written into the clerical recruitment rules for these posts.
  • The government plans to move a censure motion against opposition parties over the Lok Sabha defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) on women's reservation.