Pradeep Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 25

In a major jolt to ex-servicemen and outstanding sportspersons aspiring for Class I and II jobs in Haryana, the state government has withdrawn its order on quota for them.According to an order issued by the Chief Secretary today, the instructions had been withdrawn from “date of its issuance (January 23, 2018)”.Though no official reason has been given for the withdrawal of the quota for the ESM and sportspersons, a senior government functionary told The Tribune that it had been done on account of certain ‘technical issues’.The state government would re-examine the issue and rectify the legal lacunae in the order so that there was no legal complications at a later stage, he said.Claiming that the state government was committed to providing quota to these two categories, the functionary asserted that the circular had been withdrawn for the “time being” and would be “re-issued” in due course after examining its legality.The Haryana Government had decided to provide 5 per cent horizontal reservation to ex-servicemen (ESM) and one per cent horizontal reservation to outstanding sportspersons in direct recruitment in the Class I and II jobsA circular issued by the Chief Secretary’s office had stated that in case no candidate was found suitable for appointment even on re-advertisement, the vacancies reserved for the ESM of a particular category would be filled from among the same category candidates.For example, if a suitable candidate belonging to the SC is not available in the ESM category, the post could be filled from among the candidates of the SC. The same condition would apply to other categories

Why no quota

• Though no official reason has been given for the withdrawal of the quota for the ESM and sportspersons, a senior government functionary told The Tribune that it had been done on account of certain ‘technical issues’.