Supreme Court of India

Atyant Pichhara Barg Chhatra Sangh and Anr. v. Jharkhand State Vaishy Federation and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 319
Bench Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and Lokeshwar Singh Panta JJ.
Decided 8 August 2006

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Constitution of India-Article I 4-State Notifications providing separate reservations to Extremely Backward Classes and Backward Classes for appointments in Government Services and in professional educational institutions-Revised Notification issued amalgamating the two Classes into one Class and providing a consolidated reservation-High Court upheld the validity of the revised Notification-Correctness of-Held, on facts, the State did not make an empirical study before taking a policy decision of amalgamating the two classes-Hence, the amalgamation is arbitrary and violative of Article

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