Employees file plea against TTD

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, Dec 1 :Justice C.V. Ramulu of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has referred to a division bench, a petition filed by the employees of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams questioning the action of the TTD in not implementing the creamy layer in reservations and promotions to SC and ST employees as illegal.

The petition was filed by the assistant executive officer, Mr. C. Ramana, and 322 other employees of the TTD. Counsel for the petitioners, Mr K. Lakshmi Narasimha, argued that no rule of reservation can be given in the promotion to SC and ST candidates without excluding the creamy layer.

He urged the court to direct the authorities to implement the directions of the Supreme Court in M. Nagaraj v/s the Union of India, (2006). Senior counsel, Mr Bojja Tarakam, who is amicus curaie in the matter opined that the judgement of the Supreme Court did not deal with this aspect of the matter.

After hearing the arguments, the judge felt that “since an important question of constitutional importance is to be decided, it is appropriate to refer the matter before a division bench”. The judge directed the registry to place the petition before the Chief Justice for posting it to before the division bench.