The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday quashed a Haryana government law that provided 75% reservation in private sector jobs to the residents of the state.
“We are of the considered opinion that the writ petitions are liable to be allowed and The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 is held to be unconstitutional and violative of Part III of the Constitution of India and is accordingly held ultra-vires and the same is ineffective from the date it came into force,” the court said.
Senior advocate Akshay Bhan, one of the counsels for the petitioners, said the court quashed the complete act. He said the petitioners argued that the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 violated Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution.
The reservation had come into effect from January 15, 2022. It covered jobs offering a maximum gross monthly salary or wages upto Rs 30,000.
The act was applicable on private sector companies, societies, trusts, limited liability partnership firms, partnership firm and any person who employed 10 or more persons on salary, wages, or other remuneration for manufacturing, carrying on business, or rendering any service in Haryana.
