Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. Madhav S/0. Gajanan Chaubal and Anr.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 503
Bench K. Ramaswamy, Faizain Uddin and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 18 September 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the roster point No. 4 in the vacancy of the Secretary reserved for the Scheduled Tribes was valid and constitutional.

Judgment, page 8

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Service Law : Promotion-Reservation i1t-Single post-Rule of rotation and roster point-Tribunal holding that no reservation could be granted to the reserved • candidates as it would amount to 100% reservation and therefore the promo- tion made was unconstitutional-On appeal held, even though there is a single post, if the Government have applied the rule of rotation and the roster point to the vacancies that had arisen in the single point post and were sought to be filled up by candidates belonging to reserved categories at the point on which they are eligible to be considered such a rule is

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