GOVERNMENTOFANDHRAPRADESH ABSTRACT — The Telangana Regulation of Reservations for Appointments to Public Services Act, 1997.

G.O.Ms.No.76 GOVERNMENTOFANDHRAPRADESH ABSTRACT S.W.Department Rule of reservation in promotions Comprehensive guidelines issued in G.O.Ms.No.2 SWD, dt.9-l-2004 -Amendment to guideline regarding arriving at the number of vacancies to be filled up Orders Issued. SOCIAL WELFARE (SW.RORl)DEPARTMENT Dated: 19 th October,10-2004. Read the following: G.O.Ms.No.2, SW(RORl) Department, dt.9-l-2004. ORDER: In the G.O. read above comprehensive guidelines were issued for implementing the Rule of Reservation in Promotions. Para No.5 reads as follows: " Crucial date for determining the adequacy: 1 st September shall be reckoned as crucial date to determine the adequacy of representation in each category of posts for Scheduled Castes a nd Scheduled Tribes. While arriving at the number of vacancies to be filled based on rule of reservation in promotions in respect of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories, to achieve adequacy of representation, the fraction shall be ignored". Thus, it has been ordered to ignore the fraction willIe arriving at the number of vacancies to be filled based on rule of reservation in promotions. Due to tills condition -"ignoring of fraction" in arriving at the adequacy for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, injustice is being caused' to SCs/STs willIe arriving at the adequacy. For example, if the cadre strength of a post is 6 in a particular Department, 15% adequacy comes to 0.90. If fraction is to be ignored, as per the above guideline, the required munber of Scheduled Castes would be Zero, and, therefore, there would not be any inadequacy. Several representations have also been received to delete the condition of "ignoring the fraction" in the aforesaid G.O. to arrive at the adequacy. The Government after careful examination of the matter he