Supreme Court of India

Mahesh Gupta and Ors. v. Yashwant Kumar Ahirwar and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 9 S.C.R. 578
Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 30 August 2007

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the advertisement issued by the Commissioner, ChambaJ A Division and published on 26th of May, 1994 in Rojagar Samachar, was not proper advertisement relating to vacant posts for the category, of handicapped persons.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Service Law: Reservation-Post of Assistant teacher-8 posts for Scheduled Castes and 3 for handicapped persons-Appellants, handicapped persons belonging to general category, selected-Respondent belonging to reserved category and. also handicapped, not selected-Respondent challenged selection of appellants-Selection of appellants set aside-On appeal, Held; Handicapped persons form a special class-Hence, further reservation based on caste, creed or religion could not be made-Appellants were selected against posts vacant under handicapped quota-Hence, their selection was wrongly set

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