Supreme Court of India
Alok Kumar Pandit v. State of Assam & Ors.
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Service Law: Reservation - Option of choice/preference on selection c - Reserve category candidate securing higher position on merit than general category candidates - Option of choice/ preference against posts eannarked for reserved category - Held: reserved category candidate who is adjudged more meritorious than open category candidates is entitled to 0 choose the particular service/cadre/post as per his choice/ preference and he cannot be compelled to accept appointment to an inferior post leaving the more important service/cadre/post in the reserved category for less meritorious
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- 2006 M. Nagaraj and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors
- 1995 R.K. Sabharwal and Ors. v. The State of Punjab
- 1996 Ritesh R. Shah v. Dr. Y.L. Yamul and Ors.
- 2010 Union of India v. Ramesh Ram & Ors. Etc.
- 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.
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