{"id":100020,"date":"2020-08-25T09:14:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=100020"},"modified":"2020-08-25T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T09:14:39","slug":"domicile-based-job-quota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/domicile-based-job-quota\/","title":{"rendered":"Domicile-based job quota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question:Which state government has recently launched domicile based job quota?<\/strong><br>(a) Uttar Pradesh<br>(b) Haryana<br>(c) Rajasthan<br>(d) Madhya Pradesh<br><strong>Answer:(d)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Context:<\/li><li>The Madhya Pradesh government\u2019s recent decision to reserve all government jobs for \u201cchildren of the state\u201d raises questions relating to the fundamental right to equality.<\/li><li>What does the Constitution say?<\/li><li>Article 16 of the Constitution, which guarantees equal treatment under law in matters of public employment, prohibits the state from discriminating on grounds of place of birth or residence.<\/li><li>Article 16(2) states that \u201cno citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect or, any employment or office under the State\u201d.<\/li><li>However, Article 16(3) of the Constitution provides an exception by saying that Parliament may make a law \u201cprescribing\u201d a requirement of residence for jobs in a particular state. This power vests solely in the Parliament, not state legislatures.<\/li><li>What has the Supreme Court said on reserving jobs for locals?<\/li><li>The Supreme Court has ruled against reservation based on place of birth or residence.<\/li><li>In 1984, ruling in Dr Pradeep Jain v Union of India, the court expressed an opinion that such policies would be unconstitutional but did not expressly rule on it as the case was on different aspects of the right to equality.<\/li><li>In a subsequent ruling in Sunanda Reddy v State of Andhra Pradesh (1995), the Supreme Court affirmed the observation in Pradeep Jain to strike down a state government policy that gave 5% extra weightage to candidates who had studied with Telugu as the medium of instruction.<\/li><li>How do some states then have laws that reserve jobs for locals?<\/li><li>Constitutionally, some states also have special protections under Article 371. Andhra Pradesh under Section 371(d) has powers to have \u201cdirect recruitment of local cadre\u201d in specified areas.<\/li><li>Some states have gone around the mandate of Article 16(2) by using language. States that conduct official business in their regional languages prescribe knowledge of the language as a criterion.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/domicile-based-job-quota-the-law-sc-rulings-and-special-cases-6561814\/\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/domicile-based-job-quota-the-law-sc-rulings-and-special-cases-6561814\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:Which state government has recently launched domicile based job quota?(a) Uttar Pradesh(b) Haryana(c) Rajasthan(d) Madhya PradeshAnswer:(d) Context: The Madhya Pradesh government\u2019s recent decision to reserve all government jobs for \u201cchildren of the state\u201d raises questions relating to the fundamental right to equality. What does the Constitution say? 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