Issue of compendium on reservation and concession for SC/ST and OBC by DOPT

Issue of instructions on Reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in services...


DOPT has clearly stated in this OM, "some appointing authorities are continuing to implement such outdated and non-existent instructions. Keeping all these aspects in view this Department has decided to issue consolidated instructions on Reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in supersession of all the existing instructions on the subject. The proposal is not to change any aspect of policy on the subject but only to consolidate all the instructions and present them in easy to understand form/language.
A draft OM has been prepared which covers all the aspects of reservation policy as existing at present. However, before issuing the proposed OM, it has been decided to put it in public domain and invite comments on it. If any person feels that the proposed OM does not include any of the existing instruction or any instruction included in the proposed OM is not in consonance with the existing instructions, may point out the same and send his comments to the undersigned by 12th July, 2010."
We have reproduced full text of the both OMs and main headlines of the Reservation Policy.
No.36011/6/2010-Estt.(Res)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated: the 25th June, 2010

                                                    OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Issue of instructions on Reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in services under the Government of India.
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The undersigned is directed to say that instructions on Reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in services under the Government of India are contained in various OMs issued from time to time by the Ministry of Home Affairs and this Department. Some of the instructions so issued have become outdated and are not in operation at present. It has, however, been observed that some appointing authorities are continuing to implement such outdated and non-existent instructions. Keeping all these aspects in view this Department has decided to issue consolidated instructions on Reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in supersession of all the existing instructions on the subject. The proposal is not to change any aspect of policy on the subject but only to consolidate all the instructions and present them in easy to understand form/language. A draft OM has been prepared which covers all the aspects of reservation policy as existing at present. However, before issuing the proposed OM, it has been decided to put it in public domain and invite comments on it. If any person feels that the proposed OM does not include any of the existing instruction or any instruction included in the proposed OM is not in consonance with the existing instructions, may point out the same and send his comments to the undersigned by 12th July, 2010.
(K.G. Verma)
Director
                                                          No.36011/6/2010-Estt.(Res)
                                                              Government of India
                                                   Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
                                                       Department of Personnel & Training
                                                                            …
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: the June, 2010
DRAFT OM
Subject: Instructions on Reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in services under the Government of India.
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The undersigned is directed to say that it has been brought to the notice of the Government that there is lot of confusion amongst appointing authorities and others about the policy on Reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in services under the Government of India. It has also been observed that though a number of instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and this Department on the subject have become outdated and are no more in operation, some Ministries/Departments etc. continue to follow such non-existent instructions. It has, therefore, been decided to issue, in supersession of all Office Memoranda on the subject issued so far, instructions on Reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in Services as given in Appendix to this OM.
2. All Ministries/Departments are requested to bring the contents of this OM to the notice of all concerned.
(K.G. Verma)
Director



Appendix to DOPT O.M. No. 36011/6/2010-Estt(Res) dated June, 2010

COMPENDIUM ON RESERVATION FOR THE SCHEDULED CASTES, SCHEDULED TRIBES AND OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES IN SERVICES
2.Reservation in Direct Recruitment
3. Creamy Layer amongst OBCs
4. Reservation in Promotion
5. Concession in Promotions within Group A
6. Exemptions from Reservation
7. Reservation in Scientific and Technical Posts
8. Reservation in Posts of Industrial Workers
9. Reservation in Work-Charged Posts
10. Reservation in Appointments of Daily Rated Staff
11. Appointment of Casual Workers to Regular Posts
12. Reservation in Newly Constituted Services
13. Reservation in Adhoc Promotions
14. Reservation in case of a Single Vacancy
15. Reservation in PSUs, Autonomous Bodies etc
16. Reservation in Voluntary Agencies
17. Determination of Reservation Quota
18. Determination of Reserved Vacancies
19. Grouping of Posts
20. Maintenance of Reservation Registers / Roster Registers
21. Initial Preparation of Reservation Register / Roster
22. SC/ST/OBC Candidates Appointed on Their Own Merit
23. Adjustment of Compassionate/Surplus Cell Appointees
24. Age Relaxation in Direct Recruitment
25. Age Relaxation in Promotion
26. Concession in Fee
27. Relaxation of Experience Qualification in Direct Recruitment
28. Relaxation of Standard of Suitability in Direct Recruitment
29. No Relaxation in Educational Qualification
30. Relaxation of Standards in Departmental Competitive / Qualifying Examinations
31. Filling up of Reserved Vacancies in case of Direct Recruitment
32. Filling up of Reserved Vacancies in case of Promotion by Selection
33. Filling up of Reserved Vacancies in case of Promotion by Non-Selection
34. Steps To Be Taken in Case of Non-Availability of SC/ST Candidates for Promotion
35. Diversion of Reserved Vacancies under the Promotion Quota to Direct Recruitment
36. Safeguards against Supersession of SC/ST Candidates
37. Implementation of the Findings of DPC Kept in Sealed Cover
38. Dereservation
39. Provisions in Recruitment Rules/Regulations for Examination
40. Verification of the Claims of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes
41. Reporting About Representation
42. Arrangements for Training
43. Intimation about Competitive Examinations to Pre-Examination Training Centres
44. Selection of Persons for Posting Abroad
45. Forwarding of Application for Employment
46. Prevention of Discrimination
47. Clarifications about SC/ST/OBC Status
48. Liaison Officer and Reservation Cell
49. Role of the National Commission for SCs and STs
50. Annual Reports of the Ministries/Departments
ANNEXURE-I
RESERVATION IN CASE OF RECRUITMENT TO GROUP C AND D POSTS ON LOCAL BASIS
ANNEXURE –II
Criterion for Determining Creamy Layer Amongst OBCs.
ANNEXURE-III
ROSTERS FOR PROVIDING RESERVATION IN
CADRES HAVING UPTO 13 POSTS
ANNEXURE –IV
RESERVATION REGISTER
ANNEXURE –V
RESERVATION ROSTER REGISTER
ANNEXURE VI
PROPOSAL FOR DERESERVATION OF VACANCIES RESERVED FOR SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES IN POSTS FILLED BY PROMOTION.
ANNEXURE-VII
FORM OF SCHEDULED CASTE/TRIBE CERTIFICATE
ANNEXURE-VIII
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE PRODUCED BY
OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES APPLYING FOR APPOINTMENT TO POSTS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
ANNEXURE-IX
SC/ST/OBC REPORT-I
ANNUAL STATEMENT SHOWING THE REPRESENTATION OF SCs, STs AND OBCs AS ON FIRST JANUARY OF THE YEAR AND NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS MADE DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR
ANNEXURE-X
SC/ST/OBC REPORT-II
ANNUAL STATEMENT SHOWING THE REPRESENTATION OF SCs, STs AND OBCs IN VARIOUS SERVICES AS ON FIRST JANUARY OF THE YEAR

Inclusion of SC/ST category and Minority community members in the Selection Boards / Committees

                                              No. 39016/7(S)/2006-Estt.(B)


                                                   Government of India
                                     Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances & Pensions

                                          Department of Personnel & Training

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New Delhi, the 4th June 2010
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Inclusion of SC/ST category and Minority community members in the Selection Boards / Committees.
The undersigned is directed to draw attention of the Ministries / Departments to this Department's O.M. of even number dated 8.1.1007 which was issued in pursuance of the Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme for welfare of Minorities. Para 3 (i) and (ii) of the aforesaid O.M. provided as follows:-

(i) The composition of Selection Committees should be representative. It shoultl be mdatory to have one member belonging to SC/ST and one member belonging to mininority commnunity in Selection Boards/Committees for making recruitment to I0 or more vacancies.
(ii) Where the number of vacancies against which selection is to be made is less than 10, efforts should he made to have the Scheduled Caste/Tribes officer and a Minority commnunity officer included in such Committees / Boards.
2. A doubt has been expressed regarding the applicability of above instructions in respect of Group A and B posts. It is re-iterated that the above instructions are applicable to Selection Committees / Boards for making recruitment to Group A and B posts also. Accordingly, all concerned authorities are requested to comply with the above guidelines while making recruitment to any category of posts.

(C.A.Subramanian)
Director

Rs 744cr meant for Dalits diverted for CWG projects

‘Delhi Govt Systematically Passing On Funds For Last 5 Yrs’


The state government has over the past five years been systematically diverting funds meant for the development of Scheduled Caste communities to projects related to the Commonwealth Games, a reply to an RTI query has revealed. Since 2006, Rs 744 crore has been used up from the Scheduled Caste sub plan fund for Games-related projects of various departments.


Releasing the findings on Thursday, an NGO — Housing and Land Rights Network – called for an inquiry by a parliamentary sub-committee into the diversion of the funds which it said violated all norms of governance.


The RTI query was addressed to the city’s department of social welfare – the agency in charge of SC/ST/OBC/minorities — which furnished the details. HRLN and the National Dalit Campaign for Human Rights said the funds were used for projects of MCD, NDMC, DJB and departments of urban development and sports and youth, among others.


The RTI reply said that in 2006-07, Rs 1.97 crore was diverted from the special component fund and spent on Commonwealth Games related projects. In 2007-08, Rs 15.58 crore was used from the fund. The amount rose to Rs 214.73 crore in 2008-09 and Rs 288.44 crore in 2009-10. In 2010-11 so far the amount diverted for CWG projects is Rs 233.64 crore.


In another RTI application filed by HRLN with the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games on the Agra trip being organized for the 8,000-odd athletes and delegates, the OC said the cost of the trip would be Rs 1.71 crore.


HRLN said the diversion of money violated norms governing special component plan funds. The norms, put in place by the Planing Commission and the National Development Council, clearly state that the fund is meant for micro development works for the Scheduled Caste communities. Government of India rules have repeatedly emphasized that the funds allocated under the SCP have to be disbursed exclusively for the benefit of those belonging to the SC communities, HRLN activists said. Delhi has a Dalit population estimated at 2.34 million.


HRLN has also written to the Comptroller and Auditor General seeking an audit into the exact expenditure on the Commonwealth Games to date and the diversion of funds from SC sub plan component.


Source: The Times of India.

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Khairlanji massacre survivor to move SC

To File Plea Against HC Ruling Which Commuted Death Sentence Of Accused


In a major setback to the Congress-led UPA government, Bhaiyyalal Bhotmage, the lone survivor of the Khairlanji massacre, has decided to personally file an appeal in the Supreme Court against an order of the Bombay High Court which commuted the death sentence awarded to the eight accused to life imprisonment.


He told newspersons here on Wednesday that he has lost faith in the CBI, which is under the central government. He and his associates said till the last moment the CBI did not bother to counter the appeal filed by the accused in the HC against the judgment of the trial court. They said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other leaders promised that the CBI, which investigated the gruesome rape and murder case, would expeditiously appeal to the apex court, but nothing has been done so far.


Four members of the family of Bhotmange, a Dalit, were tortured and murdered by those belonging to OBC kunbi caste in Khairlanji village in Bhandara district on September 29, 2006. Two women members of the family were also paraded naked in the village and raped.


“Today I met chief minister Ashok Chavan, who also assured that justice would be done. But apart from giving empty promises, nothing is being done to help me get justice. Hence, I have decided to file an appeal of my own. I have lost faith in politicians,” Bhotmange said.


A team of of four lawyers of Nagpur is drafting the appeal. “A senior counsel will be engaged to fight my appeal. I will not rest till I get justice,” he stated. He said there were several deficiencies in the police investigation at the initial stage itself.


He said the Prevention of Atrocities Act should have been pressed by the CBI because the violence was certainly because the victims were Dalits. He was silent when asked about the compensation received by him. But his colleagues said under prevention of atrocities Act, various amounts of compensation was available to the victims depending on the seriousness of the crime. “But victims of rape and the families of those murdered do not want compensation, but justice,” he added.


With Bhotmange, who is beginning to emerge as a rallying point for Dalits across the state, the Congress, which is heading the governments at the Centre and the state is finding itself on the backfoot. In private, the Congress is blaming the NCP, whose RR Patil is heading the home ministry, for the initial bungling of the investigation. But NCP sources said Patil had promptly handed over the probe to the CBI and ensured full cooperation to the central investigation agency which made it possible to secure a conviction and death sentence for the accused at the sessions trial. “The CBI is under the prime minister and it is for him to ensure that the CBI succeeds in getting justice to Bhotmange,” a senior NCP minister observed.
Source: The Times of India dated 29.07.10.

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LIKE IRDA AND TRAI NOW PRAI-POSTAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY

MUSHROOM GROWTH OF COURIERS WILL BE CURBED

Govt drops plan to bar pvt couriers from carrying packets below 500 gm
A new regu lator on the cards for India Post and private courier firms would fix the tariffs for their services.
The government has comprehensively re-drafted an earlier Bill on postal regulation with a view to bringing the entire communication industry under a regulatoryregimesimilartothe one for the telecom sector.
Asperthere-draftedBill--the Post Office and Courier Services Bill, 2010--which was reviewed by FE, the courier firms would need to register themselves with the regulator--Postal Regulatory Authority of India (PRAI)-and adhere to a set of guidelines for qualityof servicesframed by it.Thefirmswillalsohavetocontribute to a Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to enabledeliveryof postalservicesto financially unviable areas at affordable rates.
However,thegovernmenthas droppedthecontroversialprovisionintheoriginal(2006)draftof the Bill which sought to bar private courier firms from carry ing packets weighing below 500 gm.Also,inadeparturefromthe original draft, which specified the fee structure for the players, the new Bill has left such matters for the regulator to decide.
Thesizeof theIndiancourier industry is over Rs 4,000 crore with major players being DHL, FedEx India and DTDC.
As per the latest proposal, PRAIwillhavefunctionssimilar tothatof telecomregulatorTrai.
It can suo motu recommend to the government policy measures on the entire gamut of the postalsector.Onitspart,thegovernmentcanseekitsrecommendationsonissuesof importance.
Once PRAI is constituted, all existing courier firms would have to register themselves with it for a 10-year period on payment of a fee. The registration, of course, can be renewed once it expires.
Theregulator would seteligibility criteria for those wanting toenterthesectorinthenewregulated regime. It would have powerstorecommendtothegovernment revocation of licences of any firm which fails to meet the criteria set out by it.
The government (read the department of post and a reinforced Postal Board) would retain the powers to make policies and provide licences.
A Postal Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal would be set up to arbitrate on disputes between the industry and the regulator, the regulator and the government, industry and the government; and between industry players.
The courier industry had, in the past, opposed the plans for regulation and the proposed USOF.
The plantobarprivatecourier companies from carrying letters up to 500 grams, retaining this lucrative segment for the department of posts (DoP), was most contested by the courier firms as 60-70% revenues come from this segment. Later, the planning commissionhadalsostoodbythe courierfirmsinthisregard.
The earlier Bill had also proposed a 10% levy on the gross revenues of courier companies towards USOF.
Source-The Financial Express

PROUD POSSESSION: This woman in Alisoor in Kancheepuram has realised a dream.


Landless Dalit families in a Kancheepuram village have used the Right to Information (RTI) Act to prompt the district administration to hand over land that was originally allotted to them several years ago, thanks to the initiative of a grassroots NGO.

A total of 106 Dalit families in Alisoor village were allotted 100 sq m by the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Board in 1998.

The local district administration even issued the original patta document with individual plot numbers. However, the allotment remained on paper and the villagers never got the land though they approached the local administration several times.

The families were residing in hutments on poramboke land, when in 2008, Kancheepuram-based NGO Hand in Hand started working in the village by forming self-help groups and began development projects.

A Citizen Centre Enterprise was established as an IT empowerment initiative that helped villagers enrol for computer courses, register for voting, apply for ration cards, pensions or prepare petitions, a spokesman for the NGO said.

A Good Governance Rights Protection Committee (GGRPC) was then set up to train villagers in citizen rights and duties. “With the help of this committee, the villagers learnt to use the RTI Act to unearth information on the allotment details of the land,” the spokesman said.

Armed with the RTI information, villagers prepared an application with the signatures of all the beneficiaries along with the land patta copies to be forwarded to the local administration with a copy sent to the District Collector.

Positive response

To the delight of the villagers, the application evoked a response from the administration. District Collector Santhosh K. Misra undertook a visit to the village.He personally supervised the handing over of land to the beneficiary families. The villagers plan to raise bank loans to build their own homes and take up agriculture.
Source.  The Hindu

EXCLUSIVE RESERVATION FOR DALITS IN MURDER, RAPE AND ATROCITIES

The Buddha is not SMILING

A HIGH COURT RULING SAYS THE KHAIRLANJI KILLINGS OF 2006 WERE DRIVEN BY REVENGE, NOT CASTE PREJUDICE. CAN AN ATROCITY OF THIS NATURE BE ANYTHING BUT RACISM?

Whenever a caste Hindu kills a Dalit, does that crime necessarily qualify to be called a “caste atrocity”? Is there any so-called “judicially manageable standard” to determine whether such an offence was motivated by caste prejudice? These fundamental questions have been thrown up by the Bombay High Court’s judgment this month in the much-touted Khairlanji case in which a mob of caste Hindus lynched four members of a Dalit family four years ago.


The high court verdict proved controversial because, even as it awarded an exceptionally stiff sentence of 25 years to eight accused persons, it upheld their acquittal by the trial court on charges pressed by the CBI under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989. Thus, the denial of the atrocity label did not quite conform to the stereotype that the upper caste-dominated judiciary is indifferent to crimes against outcastes. Short of the death sentence, there was little scope for the high court to impose a higher penalty.


Yet human rights defenders and Dalit activists are crying foul. This, because of the court’s refusal to acknowledge the caste angle in the Khairlanji case. Many see this as a setback to the larger challenge of enforcing the atrocity law or preventing such incidents. Even 20 years after the enactment of this special law, there is no clarity on when its harsh provisions should apply to offences committed against Dalits. For, the law, which gives teeth to the constitutional ban on untouchability, divides caste atrocities into two broad categories:


The first covers typical forms of untouchability: forcing a Dalit to drink or eat any “inedible or obnoxious substance”, dumping excreta or carcasses on his premises, parading him naked or with painted face, obstructing a Dalit from accessing a “place of public resort” or forcing him to leave his house or village. In such cases, the caste motivation is a given.


The second category covers grievous offences that are anyway punishable under the Indian Penal Code (rape or murder, for instance). It is not enough for the victim to be a Dalit and the culprit to be non-Dalit to invoke the atrocity law. The prosecution would also have to prove that the crime was motivated by caste prejudice.


The problem is that this is subjective. Hence, cases relating to the second category of caste atrocities often result in acquittals under the special law. There is no objective standard for determining the hand of caste prejudice in such cases. Unsurprisingly, this offers ample scope for judges to interpret the law in a manner that may diverge from common sense.


In fact, the problem with the Khairlanji verdict is that the high court remained unconvinced that caste hatred had, in any way, contributed to a terrible crime — the four Dalits were chased and beaten to death by a mob made up of locally dominant Kunbi Marathas. As far as the court is concerned, the only motive for the mass murder was the mob’s quest for “revenge”. It is true that two of the targeted Dalits — mother and daughter — had dared to lodge a police complaint against some of those caste Hindus following an assault on a Dalit family friend.


But the assumption that the mob was driven by revenge alone and displayed no caste prejudice is contradicted by the court’s own narrative of facts. Take its failure to notice that the vengeance wreaked by the mob was far too disproportionate to the supposed cause of their outrage: the registration of an allegedly false assault case by the Dalit mother and daughter. The offence of assault carries a maximum penalty of two years. Could mob frenzy be whipped up to the extent of committing crimes punishable with death just to get even with somebody who lodged such a petty case? Had the Bhotmange family been upper caste, let alone the locally dominant Kunbi Maratha, would the mob have dared behave this way, that too in broad daylight?


The revenge theory also seems thin given the manner in which the daughter’s body was found naked in a canal and the fact that the mob killed the sons as well, one of whom was disabled, although they had nothing to do with the allegedly trumped-up assault complaint.


The Khairlanji verdict is more questionable than other atrocity cases in which judges have ruled that the crime had little to do with the victim’s low caste status. In 2006, in Bandu Tamboli vs State of Maharashtra, the high court rightly ruled against the application of the atrocity law as there was no reason to believe that the accused would not have raped the victim had she not been a Dalit. “There was no racial tinge to the offence,” the high court said.


It is ironic that while the courts use caste and race interchangeably, the government spares no effort at various international meets to delink the two. In any event, Khairlanji is a watershed event. It is a fit case for the Supreme Court to clarify that judges cannot defeat the very purpose of having an atrocity law by overlooking clear evidence of caste prejudice. Else, judges themselves might be seen as unwittingly betraying a “racial tinge”.

Thanks to The Times of India dated 25.07.2010

ONSLAUGHT ON DALIT BY THE ANTI DALIT DMK GOVERNMENT

Govt suspends IAS officer Umashankar

Chennai: C Umashankar, a civil servant who has had many a brush with authority in the past, was suspended by the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, pending an inquiry into the genuineness of his community certificate, official sources said.

Chief secretary KS Sripathi’s order was served on the dalit officer at his residence. By the time he saw his suspension order, Umashankar had already been replaced as commissioner of small savings, sources said. The officer had recently obtained a stay on an ongoing vigilance inquiry against him, and has filed a further petition questioning the manual of the state directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC).

Even though he has had problems with governments and political masters on issues that arose out of his refusal to play along with some of their decisions, this is the first time that his caste status has been called into question. It was not immediately clear how the doubt arose about the authenticity of his community certificate.

Umashankar, a 1990 batch IAS officer, first ruffled the feathers of authority in 1995, when he, as additional collector of Madurai, unearthed a scam in the construction of cremation sheds in graveyards under the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana. In later years, he has sought to introduce transparency in governance and oversaw development of software programmes and technological tools for detecting bogus cards and introducing egovernance in different areas of administration.

After the DMK came to power in May 2006, Umashankar was given the post of managing director of ELCOT (Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu) which, among other activities, oversees the distribution of free colour televisions to the poor, a major election promise of the DMK. He was later appointed the managing director of the government-run Arasu Cable TV Corporation, an entity that was established as a major multi-system operator to break the near-monopoly of a few MSOs, especially the Kalanithi Maran-owned Sumangali Cable Vision. He was later appointed the commissioner of small savings.

Thanks to The times of India dated 22.07.2010.

**FLASH NEWS** FLASH NEWS** FLASH NEWS** FLASH NEWS**

RRR candidate’s Supreme Court case. Supreme Court has given Department of posts one week time to comeup with a proposal to absorb RRR candidates. If DOP fails, the Supreme Court will issue order for immediate absorption of RRR candidates.

High court helps unite girl with dalit husband

At a time when ‘honour’ offences are being reported from all corners of the country, a timely intervention by the Madras high court has saved the marriage of a non-dalit girl with a dalit boy. The couple were reunited after a brief separation when the girl, who is eight months pregnant, told the court that she wanted to go with her husband.


Kalaimani, a dalit, and Prasanna, who belongs to the Reddiyar community, were working as teachers in a private school in Villupuram district when they fell in love. They got married on August 11, 2009 at a Murugan temple in Cuddalore with the blessings of their common friends and well-wishers.

They also registered the marriage at the Cuddalore office of the registrar of Hindu marriages.

According to Kalaimani, Prasanna went missing on July 2. As he suspected that she was abducted, he filed an FIR with the Chinna Salem police station near Kallakurichi. No effective action was taken to trace and rescue Prasanna, he said.

He then filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court, seeking direction to the police to produce Prasanna in the court. A division bench comprising Justice C Nagappan and Justice PR Shivakumar, before which the petition came up for hearing, directed the Villupuram district police to trace the girl and produce her in court.

On Monday, standing before the two judges, Prasanna politely said that she wanted to go with her husband. She also told the judges that she was not under any illegal detention and that she went off to her parental home on her own volition.

Kalaimani had alleged that Prasanna’s parents had kept her confined and attempted to abort the child. He also claimed that his wife was assaulted by her relatives and that her whereabouts were not known to him. Praying for a direction to the police to produce Prasanna in court, he had said her life was in peril.

Thanks. Times of India dated 20.07.2010

Food war spills on to streets

Students block traffic to protest bad food at hostel

Over 500 students of a government-run hostel blocked the traffic on Chamiers Road for nearly an hour from 6pm on Monday demanding better food and amenities. The students, who study at different government colleges, brought huge vessels and the food made for dinner out on road. “The food at the mess is bad. The rooms, building and toilets are poorly maintained. We have been demanding better facilities since June 15. The warden is not listening to our complaints,” the students said. They withdrew the protest after police arrived and pacified them.

Thanks. Times of India dated 20.07.2010

Directorate has released Review result of SC/ST for Inspector Post examination held during the year-2007

Dte Memo No : A-34013 / 03 / 2007 - DE (Pt) Dt. 16.07.10.
Result of Deptl Exam for IP Exam for 2007 held from 10 - 12.08.07.
The Result of IP Exam 2007 was declared on 26.02.08. Subsequently Surplus Qualified List released on 07.08.08. 2 Bihar Candidates filed OAs in Hon'ble CAT, Patna for Wrong Preparation of Key to Qn 5 / 9 / 7. Hence CAT directed Dept to Recheck Answers of Qn 5 / 9 / 7 for ALL Candidates.


Based on Review 19 Candidates ( OC 18 / SC 1) got Selected as IP for 2007 batch. Seniority will be counted from teh Dt of declaration of main Results Dt. 26.02.08. However a Notional Benefit of Pay fixation will be given & NO Arrears.

The Unfilled Surplus SC / ST Vacancies - 21 SC & 3 ST Candidates become eligible.


List of Surplus SC / ST Candidates of IP Exam 2007.
Sl. Circle Name S/s Roll No. Total Marks Remarks
1 Andhra K.Vishnu Jyothi - SC AP/IP/002/2007 225
2 Andhra K.Vijayakumar - SC AP/IP/061/2007 208
3 Delhi Dharmender Kumar - SC DL-147/IPO/2007 273
4 Delhi Vijay Kumar III - SC DL-167/IPO/2007 259
5 Delhi Rakesh Kumar - SC DL-99/IPO/2007 254
6 Delhi Sanjay Kumar CJ - SC DL-100/IPO/2007 239
7 Delhi Kamal Singh - SC DL-149/IPO/2007 239
8 Delhi Suresh Kumar - SC DL-164/IPO/2007 238
9 Haryana Ram Niwas - SC HR-14/07 288
10 Haryana Kamalesh Kumar - SC HR-48/07 268
11 North East Raju Gurung - St IPO-2/NE/2007 298
12 North East Duzo Kiso - ST IPO-6/NE/2007 250
13 Punjab Sunil Narotra - SC PB-35/IPO/07 241
14 Rajasthan Om Prakash Meena - ST RJ/IPO/108/2007 219
15 Tamilnadu J.Hema Bharathi - SC TN/139/IPO/07 260
16 Tamilnadu K.Nagalakshmi - SC TN/147/IPO/07 247
17 Tamilnadu K.Gunaseelan - SC TN/169/IPO/07 236
18 Tamilnadu R.Kumar - SC TN/002/IPO/07 229
19 Tamilnadu D.Mumtaz Alias Latha - SC TN/123/IPO/07 215
20 Uttarkhand Ashsh Kumar - SC UK-23/IPO Exam/2007 274
21 West Bengal Gour Chandra Jatua - SC WB-16/IPO Exam/2007 279
22 West Bengal Gsrikrishna Pramanik - SC WB-72/IPO Exam/2007 252
23 West Bengal Sanjoy Mondal - SC WB-84/IPO Exam/2007 241
24 West Bengal Pranab KrMandal - SC WB-86/IPO Exam/2007 254 

List of Newly Selected Candidates of IP Exam 2007 after Re-checking of Paper III.


Sl. Name S/s Roll No. Cat Total Marks Remarks
1 C.Sailal K/IPO/119/07 368 Programmer, PTC, Mysore
2 N.S.Yeola MH.141/IPO/07 360
3 Mukesh Kumar BR/167/07 348
4 Ajaykumar I JHR/19/07 348
5 V.V.Vaskar MH/03/IP/07 348
6 Shyama Charan Mishra UP/360 331
7 Prakash Chandra Tripathi UP/380 319
8 Rohit Nandan BR/65/07 312
9 Bharat Singh Chaudhri UK/37/IPO/07 303
10 Manoj Kumar III BR/06/07 299
11 Satnam Singh RJ/IPO/131/07/APS 283
12 Shriniwas BR/54/07 273
13 Sandhya Kumari BR/160/07 266
14 AnilKaushik RJ/IPO/89/07 264
15 Sanjay Kumar Singh III UP-94 264
16 Shambhu Kumar Singh BR/168/07 259
17 Dev Dutt Pandey UP-491 257
18 Manoj Kumar I BR/55/07 241
19 Vinod Kumar UP-358 SC 241


As per Infm available at Dte, NO Vacancies in Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & UP. The newly selected candidates also deputed for Training a/w Surplus Candiates 2008.


The List of Surplus 7 OC Candidates is as follows :
List of Surplus OC Candidates of IP Exam 2007.


Sl. Circle Name S/s Roll No. Total Marks Remarks


1 Andhra R.Radhakrishna Murthy AP/IP/055/2007 285
2 Andhra K.Shyamasundara Rao AP/IP/085/2007 278
3 Delhi Braham Prakash - SC DL-130/IPO/2007 311
4 Karnataka C.S.Preethi KN/IP/07/135 302
5 Tamilnadu P.Parthan - SC TN/066/IPO/07 284
6 Tamilnadu A.Rajasekharan TN/172/IPO/07 278
7 West Bengal Sanjoy Biswas WB-23/IPO Exam/2007 278

Department of post has invited application for post of MMS driver from SC/ST

The main eligibility and importent dates are as follows.

1.No of vacancies SC-2 OBC-3 Unreserved-8
2.Payscale 5200-20200 + Grade pay 1900
3.Age as on 01.07.2010 21-28 years for SC/ST relaxable for five years ie 35 years.
4.Valid driving license Not less than 4 yers including experiance for one year both in Light motor
Vehicle and heavy motor vehicle.
5.Education qualification VIII th std with ability to read and write and make simple arithmatic calculation.
6. The following certificates to be enclosed with the application
a) Educational qualification certificate
b) community
c) Photo
d) Experiance certificate for LMV and HVM separately with periods
7. Last date 11.08.2010
8.Address for sending application through speedpost/registered post only
The Asst Dirctor/Recruitment
O/o The Chief Postmaster General
Annasalai,
Chennai-600 002.


Application format

Application for the post of T/S driver in Mail Motor Service,




1.Name of the post applied for- T/S Driver in MMS        Photo

2.Name of the candidate :


(in capital letter)

3.Category of community to which the candidate :       SC/ST/OBC
Belongs to ((Tick whichever is applicable)

4. Father’s Name :

5. Address for communication :
6. Date of Birth :

7. Age as on 01.07.2010 :

8. Religion/Nationality :
9. Detail of educational qualification :

10. Details of Driving License :
11. Details of Driving Experience :
Signature of Applicant