NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider a petition filed by Panun Kashmir Trust seeking parity in age relaxation benefits in recruitment to Group C and D Central Government jobs for displaced Kashmiri Hindus.
"Why should we intervene? These are all policy decisions of the government. We don't want to pass any order. Sorry. Dismissed," a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said.
The petitioner, Panun Kashmir Trust, filed a plea under Article 32 of the Constitution.
It contended that while victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the 2002 Gujarat riots have been granted such relaxations, Kashmiri Hindus are denied similar affirmative measures.
The petitioner submitted that Kashmiri Hindus were forced to flee their ancestral homeland in January 1990, leading to prolonged deprivation of their fundamental rights for over three decades. "Group C Jobs include Clerical and Operations Staff which are expected to be a high school pass-out or a graduate. Group D Jobs are for Support Staff like peons, security guards, etc., for which minimal educational qualifications are required," the plea said.
The plea claimed due to the inaction and silence of the Police Administration, and government machinery during the relevant period, the Hindus and Sikhs were brutally killed in large numbers, they were forced to migrate from Kashmir and their properties were dealt with in a manner the perpetrators wanted to deal with.
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, in the judgment, while upholding the abrogation of Article 370 had in 2023, recommended the setting up of a commission to investigate and report on the violation of human rights in Jammu & Kashmir since the 1980s.
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