Whether affluent people among SC/ST can be denied quota benefits in promotion by applying creamy layer: SC asks Centre

NEW DELHI : Creamy layer principle cannot be applied to deny quota benefits in promotions to SC/ST employees in Government jobs, Centre tells SC.
SC asks Centre whether affluent people among SC/ST can be denied quota benefits in promotion by applying creamy layer principle.
AG says stigma and imprint of backwardness and caste remains with SC/ST community for centuries even if some of them have come up.
Even today SC/ST people are socially backward and not allowed to marry higher caste people and ride horses said AG to SC. (agencies)

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