Reservation in promotion case: MP Government paying hefty fees to advocates
Newsroom24x7 Staff
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Government has continuously been paying a large amount of money as fees from the public exchequer to senior advocates appearing on its behalf in the Supreme Court each time the writ petition filed by the government challenging the Jabalpur High Court decision to quash the Madhya Pradesh Public Service (Promotion) Rule, 2002, which provides for “reservation in promotion” for the SCs and STs (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) gets listed for hearing.
In a written reply to a query, the Madhya Pradesh Government yesterday informed the State Assembly that seven more SLPs have been filed besides the special leave petition (SLP) no. 13954/2016 (Civil Appeal no. 5247/2016) filed by the State Government challenging the Jabalpur High Court order declaring the 2002 reservation in promotion Rule as “Non est” – a term frequently used in Indian legal parlance. It means “does not exist”.
Responding to the SLP by the State Government, the Supreme Court had ordered on May 12, 2016 that status quo be maintained in this matter. Hence all promotions are held up in Madhya Pradesh.
The Madhya Pradesh government has informed the Legislative Assembly that a number of advocates have been “appointed” to present the state Government’s case in the Apex Court.
The advocates “appointed” by the Government in this case are as follows:
| S.No. | Name of advocate | Date of appointment |
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| 1 |
Mukul Rohatgi Attorney General of India |
10.05.2016 |
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| 2 |
Harish Salve |
30.09.2016 |
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| 3 |
Sanjay R. Hegde |
22.11.2016 |
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Gopal Subramaniam |
30.09.2016 |
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| 5 |
Ms. Indira Jaising |
30.01.2017 |
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| 6 |
V. Shekhar |
30.01.2017 |
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| 7 |
A. Sundaram |
30.01.2017 |
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| 8 |
S.S. Suri |
30.01.2017 |
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| 9 |
K.K. Venugopal |
30.01.2017 |
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| 10 |
Subramanian Prasad |
30.01.2017 |
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| 11 |
Dinesh Gupta |
30.01.2017 |
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| 12 |
Manoj Gorkela |
30.09.2016 |
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| 13 |
Purushendra Kaurav Additional Advocate General |
30.01.2017 |
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| 14 |
Saurabh Mishra Standing Counsel |
30.01.2017 |
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| 15 |
Tushar Mehta Additional Solicitor General |
17.01.2017 |
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Fees is being paid separately to advocates representing the government employees from the reserved SC and ST categories. Their case has been taken up by their association known as AJJAKS.
Dates fixed for hearing and number of advocates appearing for the Government
| S. No. | Date | Advocate appearing |
| 1 | 12.05.2016 | Three senior advocates appeared |
| 2 | 12.09.2016 | Matter was not listed |
| 3 | 08.11.2016 | Three senior advocates appeared |
| 4 | 23.11.2016 | Court discharged |
| 5 | 30.11.2016 | Two senior advocates appeared |
| 6 | 07.12.2016 | Three senior advocates appeared |
| 7 | 14.12.2016 | Case was not listed |
| 8 | 15.12.2016 | Three senior advocates appeared |
| 9 | 24.01.2017 | Three senior advocates appeared |
| 10 | 25.01.2017 | Four senior advocates appeared |
| 11 | 02.02.2017 | Eight senior advocates appeared |
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