India, Feb. 3 -- The cabinet approved amendments in the Second Schedule of the Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2018 in accordance with recent judicial pronouncements. An official spokesperson said that the earlier provision of 5% weightage for socio-economic criteria in the selection of Group D employees had been quashed by the courts. In view of these decisions and to ensure legal consistency and avoid future litigation, it became necessary to amend the Second Schedule of the act. The cabinet approved the substitution of the existing Second Schedule under Section 26 of the act. The revised criteria now provides that selection to Group D posts (except those where the minimum qualification is below matriculation) will be based entirely on the Common Eligibility Test (CET), with 100% weightage to CET marks...