The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Principal Secretary of Social Justice Department to place their stand on the reservation for transgender policy in Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) — also known as MahaTransco.
After the counsel representing the state-run discom told the bench that reservation for hiring trans persons would depend on the state government’s position, the bench asked the lawyer representing the state government to clarify its stand and to “preferably” file a “positive affidavit” by the Principal Secretary of the department concerned.
Advocate Kranti LC for the petitioner trans person, seeking reservation for jobs in the state-run company, informed the bench that the government was to conduct the examination through online mode on December 29,