A plea seeking appointment of Chairperson and members in National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) claiming that the vacancies have made it defunct, on Tuesday led the Supreme Court to ask the government to respond.
A bench sought the government's response by March 10 on the PIL seeking filling up of vacancies in the commission, which does not have any member at present.
The PIL filed by Ambedkar Association for Development, an organisation which works for SC/ST welfare, claimed that the position of the Chairperson has been lying vacant since October 21, 2016, that of the Vice Chairman since November 4, 2016 and one out of the three members of the commission had demitted office on November 7, 2016.