Lok Sabha Question No. 942 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Backlog Vacancies of SC/ST in AAI
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 942 (To be answered on the December 2017) 21st

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

Backlog Vacancies of SCIST in AAI

942.

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJA YSINH SHANKARRAO SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of times Airports Authority of India (AAI) conducted special recruitment drive for Group A backlog vacancies of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST);
- (c) the number of times R&P rules of AAI were changed since its formation;
- (b) the number of times AAI downgraded backlog vacancies of SCIST from higher to lower grade; grade
- (d) whether AAI conducted special recruitment drive for SCs/STs in the year 2003 wherein\_Group A Manager backlog vacancies of SCIST were downgraded t0 Group B Junior Executive, if s0, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (g) if not, the reasons therefor and the corrective steps taken in this regard?
- (e) whether the National Commission for Schedule Caste; National Commission for Scheduled Tribe and Parliamentary Committees have recommended to upgrade all the special recruitment drive 2003 recruited employees to Manager from the date of joining; (0) if so, whether these recommendations were implemented by AAI; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has not conducted any Special Recruitment Drive (SRD) for Group 'A' backlog vacancies for SCs & STs:

(b): AAI has once downgraded backiog vacancies of SCIST from higher grade to lower grade: The downgrading of the was required due to the fact that the post 0f Sr. Superintendent (Electronics) was advertised in December, 2000, in the pay scale of NonExecutive level-9 (NE-9) but however, appointments were made on 24.07.2001 to the of Senior Assistant Electronics in the pay scale of NE-6 in line with the wage settlement signed on 13.08.2001, wherein all fresh inductions were to be made in the pay scale of NE6. Subsequently, as per advice of National Commission for Scheduled Castes; & review was undertaken in the case pertaining to backlog vacancies and it was decided to promote the Sr. Assistant (Electronics) (NE-6) appointed in 2001 to Sr: Superintendent (Electronics) (NE-9) on completion of three years regular service from their respective dates of joining subject to their meeting the prescribed norms as against promotion from NE-6 to NE-8 post post

(c): Around 32 amendments were made to the R&P rules of AAl since its formation

(e): Yess Madam

(d): No, Madam

(f) & (g): Madam: In this regard, the Hon'ble Minister of Civil Aviation vide D.O\_ letter dated 30.09.2013 conveyed to Kon'ble Member, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes that it will not be possible to upgrade SRD 2003 Junior Executive to the of Manager from their date\_of joining in AAT and any such action will be prejudicial to the interest of even the SCIST candidates recruitment to the post of Junior Executive through open competitive examination advertised/held in 1999, 2001 and 2002 before the SRD 2003 candidates. It was also conveyed that any such action will be against the principle of natural justice and right to equality in opportunity as there would be several SCIST candidates who had not applied for post on the ground that it was a lower level Had the SRD been conducted for the of Manager (E-3) post; a number of SCIST candidates with higher qualification and experience would have applied for it. Hon 'ble Minister mentioned it that considering the above facts, there is no irregularity in the recruitment in the recruitment process of SRD-2003. post post: post

Further; in the judgment pronounced by the Hon 'ble Division Bench of Delhi High Court on 31.08.2015 which was subsequently by the Hon 'ble Supreme Court of India the stand taken by Airports Authority of India although the post of Manager (ATC) (E-3) leyel were advertised in July; 1999 and candidates were appointed in 2000 at Junior' Executive (ATC) (E-l) level as per the policy of the AAl in vogue from 05.04.2000. upheld upheld May,