Chandigarh (TIP)-In a relief for many private sector companies, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday, Feb 3,  granted an interim stay on a Haryana government law providing 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs for residents of the state.A bench of justices Ajay Tewari and Pankaj Jain passed the order on pleas filed by various industry associations from Faridabad and other bodies from Haryana including Gurgaon. Haryana’s Additional Advocate General Jagbir Singh Malik said the state will be filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the order before the Supreme Court. “The court has granted an interim stay and we are filing SLP against this order,” Malik said over the phone. The court admitted multiple petitions against implementation of the law — Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, counsel of one of the petitioners said. The interim order has come as a relief for companies in the state which feel that the Act would have a bearing on their future business operations and investment. The Act provides 75 per cent reservation in the private sector to job seekers from the state and came into force from January 15 after being notified in November last year. It applies to jobs offering a maximum gross monthly  salary or wages of Rs 30,000.

Haryana govt moves SC challenging HC order

The Haryana government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the stay by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the state law providing 75 pc quota to locals in private jobs. The state government, in its plea, argued that the High Court passed the order on the plea after hearing the matter for just 90 seconds.

Appearing for the Haryana Government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, mentioned the matter before CJI NV Ramana bench and contended that “yesterday the High Court after hearing him for 90 seconds admitted the plea and stayed the Act”. On Tushar Mehta’s request, the SC bench agreed to hear the matter on February 7, Monday, subject to placing an order of the High Court on record.

NEET-PG 2022 deferred by 6-8 weeks

The Union Health Ministry has postponed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-PG) 2022. The exam was scheduled to be held on March 12.  The ministry has deferred the exam by 6-8 weeks and has not announced any new exam schedule as of now. The fresh exam dates will be released in due course of time. The Supreme Court  was also hearing a plea seeking postponement of the NEET-PG 2022. On January 25, six MBBS graduates had filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking postponement of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled on March 12 for admissions in postgraduate medical courses, claiming that many MBBS graduates would not be able to take up the examination due to non-completion of the mandatory internship period.