In less than a year’s time, the State bureaucracy will see another round of churning, with the Supreme Court on Friday upholding Karnataka’s consequential seniority Act. Around 3,800 SC/ST employees had been demoted and about 5,000 general category employees promoted following a February 2017 Supreme Court order. Now, the government or officials will not have any alibi to postpone implementation.”Few optionsGeneral category employees are left with little room to manoeuvre with this order. For those who were promoted last year, following the notification of a fresh seniority list in line with the earlier Supreme Court order, Friday’s order came as a jolt. This is not the case for general category employees.

Source: The Hindu May 10, 2019 19:34 UTC