Supreme Court of India

K. Duraisamy and Anr v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] 1 S.C.R. 490
Bench Dr. A.S. Anand, R.C. Lahoti and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 23 January 2001

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, it is unnecessary for us to deal with G the issue of estoppel on which also the Full Bench has chosen to reject the claim of the appellants.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 15(4) and 16(4). Postgraduate Medical Courses-Reservation of seats-In-service and non-service candidates-Classification of-Validity-Government Order stipulated 50% reservation for in-service candidates and 50% for non- service candidates or open quota, both based on merits-50% of the seats available in each speciality were also to be allotled exclusively to in-service candidates--Only enumerated categories of Medical Officers were to be treated as service candidates for selection against 50% of seats allocated to them-In service candidates filed writ

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