Khakhlari said: “There are as many as 12,155 backlog posts meant for SC and ST candidates – 5107 for SC and 7048 for ST— in as many as 59 departments in the State. Most of these posts are of third and fourth grades, mostly in elementary education, secondary education, higher education, PWD, Water Resources and Health, etc. It is seen many departments are promoting junior general category candidates by superseding the senior-most SC/ST candidates by refereeing to the controversial clause (IV) of the defective office memorandum. It is learnt that the Assembly Committee on Welfare of SCs and STs has also recommended several times for modification of the said impugned office memorandum, but to no avail. Top WPT & BC officers are completely avoiding the matter because they know that a Personnel Department officer, who is the architect of the impugned office memorandum, won’t give his consent to the modification of the office memorandum.”