Bihar govt gives nod to 50 pc quota in judicial services

The Bihar government today gave its nod for implementation of 50 per cent reservation in both subordinate and superior judicial services in the state.
This means that 50 per cent quota would be implemented in appointment of both services conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) to fill the posts of Judicial Magistrates and Munsif Magistrates and appointments conducted by the Patna High Court to fill the posts of Additional District and Sessions Judges.
"In the light of the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on September 29 in the State of Bihar vs Dayanand Singh, the cabinet today gave its nod for implementation of 50 per cent of quota for direct appointment in both subordinate judicial services and superior judicial services after having due consultation with the Patna High Court and BPSC," General Administration Department Principal Secretary Dharmendra Singh Gangwar told reporters here.

Gangwar, who was accompanied by Cabinet Secretariat Department Principal Secretary Brajesh Mehrotra, said at present there was 27 per cent reservation in the appointment of subordinate judicial services.
But, with today's decision, 50 per cent posts would be filled through reservation in both services with 21 per cent posts reserved for Extremely Backward Class (EBC), 12 per cent for Backward Class, 16 per cent for Scheduled Castes (SC) and one per cent for Scheduled Tribe (ST).
Of the 27 per cent reservation currently followed in the subordinate judicial services, EBC was getting 10 per cent, and SC and ST were getting 16 and one per cent respectively, he said.

Gangwar said the cabinet decided to implement horizontal reservation in both services, where 35 per cent reservation would be given to women in each category, besides one per cent post would be reserved for ortho-physically differently-abled persons.

The cabinet today gave its nod to the Bihar Industrial
Incentive Rules, 2016 as per which the State Investment Promotion Board would be constituted under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner to give a fillip to industrial growth in the state, Mehrotra said.
Any investment proposal above Rs 20 crore would be cleared by the state cabinet, he said.
The cabinet enhanced the payment of ex-gratia from the current Rs five lakh to Rs 11 lakh to the next of kin of Sashashtra Seema Bal security personnel belonging to Bihar for their sacrifice on war front or war-like situation, Mehrotra said adding, ex-gratia amount for armed forces and BSF personnel has already been enhanced by state government.

The cabinet also sanctioned Rs 221.33 crore as subsidy to the Bihar State Power (Holding) Company Ltd for payment of energy bills purchased from NTPC and other power companies.