Supreme Court of India
Rohtas Bhankhar & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.
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Resultantly 1997 O.M. is also illegal, in our view, the agony of the appellants need not be prolonged as they are entitled to the reliefs.
Judgment, page 9
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Constitution of India, 1950 - Articles 16(4), 16(4A) and 335 - Reservation for Promotion - Relaxation of standards of evaluation for the members of reserved category (SC/ST candidates) in the departmental competitive examination for promotion - Permissibility - In view of judgment in *Vinod ·Kumar case that provisipns for lower qualifying marks! standafd of evaluation was contrary to Art. 16(4), State by its -rvlemorandum of 1997 withdrew the Memorandum of 1970 whereby relaxed standard of evaluation was provided - Validity of the 1997 Memorandum - Held: 1997 memorandum was illegal - Judgment
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