Question

Reservation in promotions with consequential seniority in favour of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is facilitated by:

• A. Art.16 (4A)
• B. Art. 16(3)
• C. Art. 16 (4B)
• D. Art. 15 (3)

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The Correct Option is (A):Art.16 (4A)

Answer 2

This question asks which constitutional provision allows reservation in promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes along with consequential seniority. Let's look at each option on its own terms.

1. Art.16 (4A): This clause was inserted by the Constitution (Seventy-seventh Amendment) Act, 1995, and later amended by the Eighty-fifth Amendment Act, 2001 to add the words "consequential seniority". It expressly lets the State provide for reservation in promotion, with consequential seniority, in favour of SCs and STs where the State is satisfied they are inadequately represented in services. This directly matches what the question describes.
2. Art. 16(3): This clause deals with something quite different, it lets Parliament pass a law allowing a State or Union Territory to prescribe a residence requirement for appointment to posts under that State or Union Territory. It has no link to promotion or seniority for SCs or STs.
3. Art. 16 (4B): This clause, added by the Eighty-first Amendment Act, 2000, allows unfilled reserved vacancies of a year to be carried forward to a later year and treated as a separate class not counted against the fifty percent ceiling on reservation. It concerns backlog vacancies, not promotion or seniority.
4. Art. 15 (3): This clause lets the State make special provisions for women and children. It sits in the general non-discrimination article, not the public employment article, and has nothing to do with promotion.

Only Article 16(4A) speaks directly to reservation in promotion with consequential seniority for SCs and STs, which is exactly what the question is asking about.

So the correct answer is Art.16 (4A).