SHILLONG, JUNE 14: The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) on Friday said a ninety-three percent combined reservation should be given to the Scheduled Tribes (STs) of the state.

“We are of the opinion that if the Supreme Court held that sub-classification of STs/SCs is Constitutionally and legally valid, then based on the ratio of population of Khasi-Jaintia community, the reservation should be 50%, the Garo category should be retained at 40% and other STs category be given 3% reservation. If sub-classification of STs/SCs is constitutionally invalid and illegal as per the opinion of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the afore-stated case, then we are of the opinion that 93% combined reservation should be given to the STs of the State, 2% to the SCs and 5% be left as unreserved category,” HYC president Roykupar Synrem said in a letter to the Expert Committee on State Reservation Policy.

“At the District level posts we are of the opinion that the combined reservation for STs needs to be retained. The reservation should be increased to 93% for the STs of the State in a particular District, 2% to the SCs and 5% to the unreserved category,” he added.

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Stating that the SRP has clubbed together STs and SCs under one category i.e. other STs and SCs are clubbed together for 5% reservation, Synrem said, “We are of the opinion that this is highly illegal and we suggest that this should be done away with and that reservation for other STs and SCs of the state should be categorise as 3% to other STs and 2% to the SCs instead of a combined 5% reservation.”

The HYC also suggested the need for providing reservation to the posts of casual workers, contractual and non-permanent employees working in government institutions and undertakings if the duration of employment is more than 30 days and if there is a chance of renewing or extending the period of employment.

It is also of the opinion that the meaning of scientific services and posts has to be properly defined and also there is a need to categorize the jobs/services/posts which can be categories under Scientific services and posts.

The HYC said that there is need to do away with the provision to ‘carry-forward’ to the subsequent recruitment years on the account that any of the reserved category could not be filled up during the process of recruitment and the unfilled posts should be filled up by another reserved category based on merit.

It said that the provision in the Policy which provides for special recruitment only for selection of candidates from under-represented groups should be done away with while adding that the Reservation in posts and services under ‘Public Undertakings and Government Aided Institutions’ needs to be retained.

“The word “Government Aided Institutions” which has not been defined in the Policy needs to be properly defined. If Schools like SSA, ADHOC and Deficit are included as Government aided institutions, we are of the opinion that 93% combined reservation for STs, 2% for SCs and 5% for unreserved category should be followed for recruitment purposes,” it added.

Further, the HYC also said that the state government should legislate a separate legislation for the purpose of reservation for teachers’ cadres for fully government institutions and government aided educational institutions in the State.

“Further, we are of the opinion that the State Government should enact a separate legislation for the purpose of reservation in admissions in the educational institutions and for pursuing higher studies outside the State in a Government quota. If the government legislates a separate legislation for this purpose, then we are of the opinion that 93% combined reservation for STs, 2% for SCs and 5% for unreserved should be followed,” it added.

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