Uttarakhand Governor approves 30 percent horizontal reservation bill for women
The Women’s Reservation Bill of Uttarakhand has got the approval of the Governor on Tuesday. With the approval of the Governor, women candidates have also got the legal right of 30 percent horizontal reservation in government jobs.
On November 30, 2022, the state government passed the bill unanimously in the assembly and sent it to the Raj Bhavan. The Women’s Reservation Bill, along with 14 Bills passed in the House during the winter session of the Legislative Assembly, mostly amended Bills, also had to get the assent of the Governor.
Dehradun | We introduced a bill on women’s reservation and today Raj Bhavan has given approval for the same. On this occasion, I congratulate all women of Uttarakhand: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on 30% horizontal reservation for women in the state pic.twitter.com/kaliioK6m7
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 10, 2023
Most of the Bills got approval from the Raj Bhavan, but the Women’s Horizontal Reservation Bill remained under consideration. The bill was examined by justice and legal experts before approving it. Because of this, it took a month to get the bill approved. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had recently indicated about the early implementation of the Women’s Horizontal Reservation Act. According to media reports, the bill has been sent to the Legislative Department with the approval of the Governor.
On July 24, 2006, the Congress’s Narayan Dutt Tiwari government issued an order for 30 percent horizontal reservation for women of Uttarakhand in state government jobs. The petitioners challenged this order in the High Court. On this the High Court had stayed the order. It was submitted by the counsel for the petitioners that the State Government does not have the power to provide reservation based on the residence of the State. The Constitution of India only allows the Parliament to make reservations on the basis of domicile. The 2006 order of the State Government was in violation of Articles 14, 16, 19 and 21 of the Constitution.
