Under CJI Gavai, Supreme Court Introduces SC/ST Reservations In Its Staff Recruitment For First Time

In a significant development, the Supreme Court has introduced reservations for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes in its staff appointments.

The employees were informed through a circular recently that a model reservation roster has been made effective from June 23.

Notably, the policy, a first-of-its-kind initiative, has been introduced during the tenure of CJI BR Gavai, who is also the second CJI belonging to the Scheduled Caste community. 

The official circular issued by the Supreme Court Registrar on June 24 states : 

"As per the directions of the Competent Authority, it is to notify for the information of all concerned that the Model Reservation Roster and Register has been uploaded on the Supnet and it is made effective from 23.06.2025.

It is to inform further that in case of objections/representations raised by any staff member about mistakes or inaccuracies in the roster or register, they may inform about the same to the Registrar(Recruitment)."

The Model Roster details the direct recruitment policy for the resevered categories for different designations including Post of Senior Personal Assistant; Post of Assistant Librarian; Junior Court Assistant;  Junior Court Assistant cum Jr. Programmer; Junior Court Attendant; Chamber Attendant (R); Senior Personal Assistant; Assistant Librarian; Junior Court Assistant. 

As per the policy, the SC category will have a share entitlement of 15% and the ST Category will have 7.5% in employment positions.