JAMMU: A General body meeting of JAC convened by Ved Prakash Sharma Convenor was held on Sunday under the chairmanship of Vinod Gupta, President Central Mahajan Sabha. Narayan Singh, President Rajput Sabha also participated in meeting besides employees and other delegates from civil society.
The meeting was held to take stock of ongoing movement regarding abolition of reservation in promotions and to chalk out further strategy in this regard.
After thorough discussions among Sabha heads and other delegates it was unanimously decided to impress upon the Government for prompt filing of reply in Supreme Court on the subject issue as the time of four weeks is going to lapse on 12th Jan.
Further it was decided that a seminar/ Convention will be organised by Joint Action Committee General category on 10th January at Jammu to spread awareness among general category masses about their right to equality on the issue of ” No Reservation in Promotions “. The eminent personalities of state which includes retired judges, bureaucrats, educationists, engineers, doctors, lawyers and other prominent personalities shall share their views and experiences on this issue during the seminar.
The Joint Action Committee believes that reservation in promotions is infringement of Right to Equality and various states like Uttar Pradesh have already implemented the Supreme court orders on this issue and given relief to thousands of General category people. It is emphasised vehemently that Government of Jammu and Kashmir should take every measure to defend the High court Judgment during the proceedings at Supreme court and any action of Government against general category shall invite wide spread public wrath electorally for the incumbents.