<p class="title rtejustify">A Bill that provides for restoring a rule, wherein candidates belonging to SC/ST and OBC groups securing high marks in KPSC exams would find themselves in the general merit list besides enjoying reservation benefits they are entitled to, was tabled in the Assembly on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Karnataka Civil Service (Procedure for Selection of Candidates during Recruitment) Bill, 2018, provides to circumvent a 2012 high court order that quashed the rule.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The government on November 3 this year had sent a directive to KPSC, that it should follow the court order.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">This had led to public outcry with even ministers Priyank Kharge and C Puttarangashetty shooting off letters to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Bill has provision to restore the old rule. Another Bill that proposes to reduce the duration of service of transfers for teachers from 5 to 3 years in an educational zone was also tabled in the Assembly.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">A Bill that provides for restoring a rule, wherein candidates belonging to SC/ST and OBC groups securing high marks in KPSC exams would find themselves in the general merit list besides enjoying reservation benefits they are entitled to, was tabled in the Assembly on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Karnataka Civil Service (Procedure for Selection of Candidates during Recruitment) Bill, 2018, provides to circumvent a 2012 high court order that quashed the rule.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The government on November 3 this year had sent a directive to KPSC, that it should follow the court order.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">This had led to public outcry with even ministers Priyank Kharge and C Puttarangashetty shooting off letters to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Bill has provision to restore the old rule. Another Bill that proposes to reduce the duration of service of transfers for teachers from 5 to 3 years in an educational zone was also tabled in the Assembly.</p>
