Supreme Court of India
Union of India v. Ramesh Ram & Ors. Etc.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that Reserved Category candidates (belonging to OBC, SC or ST categories among others) who are selected on merit and placed in the list of general/ unreserved Category candidates can choose to migrate to the respective reserved categories at the time of allocation of C services.
Judgment, page 48
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 16(4) and 335 - Reservation in Central Civil Services - Meritorious Reserved Category candidates placed in the list of unreserved category candidates - Exercising 0 choice to migrate to reserve category for the purpose of allocation of service in the order of their preferences - HELD: The reserved category candidates "belonging to OBC, SCI ST categories" who are selected on merit and placed in the list of General/Unreserved category candidates can choose to migrate to the respective reserved category at the time of allocation of services and they
Authorities it was built on
- 2006 M. Nagaraj and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors
- 1975 State of Kerala & Anr. v. N. M. Thomas & Ors.
- 1995 R.K. Sabharwal and Ors. v. The State of Punjab
- 1996 Ritesh R. Shah v. Dr. Y.L. Yamul and Ors.
- 1998 Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh v. Faculty Association and Ors.
- 2006 Union of India and Anr. v. Satyprakash and Ors.
- 1996 State of Bihar and Ors. v. M.neethi Chandra, Etc. Etc.
- 2004 Anurag Patel v. U.P. Public Service Commission and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 Alok Kumar Pandit v. State of Assam & Ors.
- 2013 Samta Aandolan Samiti & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2022 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited & Anr. v. Sandeep Choudhary & Ors.
- 2012 Bhawna Garg & Anr. v. University of Delhi & Ors.
- 2018 Tripurari Sharan and Anr. v. Ranjit Kumar Yadav & Ors.
Of those, 1 followed · 2 distinguished · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable
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