Summary:
Jodhpur, Feb 14 (PTI) The Rajasthan High Court has asked the state government to provide for reservation to transgenders in state employment in accordance with the Supreme Court verdict on the issue.
A bench of justices Madan Gopal Vyas and Manindra Mohan Shrivastava gave the direction to the Rajasthan government dismissing its contention that it is the state’s prerogative to decide whether to give reservation in jobs and to what extent.
The Jodhpur bench ordered the government to fix quota for transgenders in state jobs and determine other modalities relating to it within four months.
The high court gave its ruling on a plea by a member of the transgender community aspiring to become a police sub-inspector and having participated in the recruitment process for it.
Petitioner Ganga Kumari had approached the court seeking its directions to the government to provide proper and effective reservation to transgenders in terms of the mandate of the Supreme Court verdict.
Arguing for her case, her counsel Rituraj Singh Rathore submitted to the court that the apex court has given detailed directions on the issue but the Rajasthan government has not implemented them till now.