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“Our government is committed to protecting the interests of the SC/ST employees within the framework of the Constitution,” tweeted Kumaraswamy. Kumaraswamy on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court judgement upholding the state’s Reservation Act, 2018 to give promotions to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes. Chandrachud upheld the validity of the reservation, on which the southern state has passed the law in 2018, granting promotions to SC and ST employees in the state government. The ruling was on a batch of petitions filed by the general category employees against reservation in promotions for their reserved counterparts working in the state government. The previous Congress government had passed a law in 2018 to fill the gaps observed in the 2017 legislation, which identified inadequate representation and the effect on overall administrative efficiency..