By OUR STAFF REPORTER
Dehradun, 20 Mar: BJP leader and former president of the Uttarakhand Andolankari Parishad, Ravindra Jugran, met Uttarakhand Home Secretary Shailesh Bagauli, here, today.
Jugran informed the Home Secretary that on 18 August 2024, the Uttarakhand government had issued a notification granting 10% horizontal reservation in state services to Uttarakhand movement activists and their dependants. However, on 24 Novermber 2024, the Home Department (Section 8) issued an order to all district magistrates stating that dependants of those who were already employed or retired under the movement activist quota in government service would not be issued dependant certificates.
Ravindra Jugran pointed out that the Act clearly mentions that all identified movement activists’ dependants should be granted a 10% horizontal reservation in state services. He also informed the Home Secretary that, to rectify this discrepancy, he had submitted a representation to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on 3 December 2024. Following this, the Chief Minister had issued written instructions to the Home Secretary to resolve the issue.
In response, the Home Secretary assured Jugran that the matter would be reviewed soon, and the discrepancy would be rectified.
