<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court said today it will consider in January all the aspects pertaining to grant of quota in promotions to SC/ST government employees.<br />'' <br />'' A bench, comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices S A Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, took note of the submissions of counsel for Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura that an earlier order of the apex court to maintain "status quo" was coming in their way in promoting SC/ST and other employees.<br />'' <br />'' The bench said they will hear all the applications on January 28.<br />'' <br />'' The Centre has recently urged the top court to refer its last year's verdict excluding the creamy layer within the SC/ST community from reservation benefits to a 7-judge bench for a review.<br />'' <br />'' A 5-judge Constitution bench in 2018 held that the well-off members of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities cannot be granted the benefits of reservation in college admissions and government jobs.</span><br />