Supreme Court of India

Suresh Chand Gautam v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 1 S.C.R. 727
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 11 March 2016

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts. 16(4- ), 16(4- ) and 335 - Reservation in promotion for Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes - Need for quantifiable data - Whether a writ or direction can be issued to the State Government to collect and gather the necessary data of the SC and the ST in the services of the State for granting reservation in promotion - Held: State is not bound to make reservation for SCs/STs in matters of promotion - There is no constitutional obligation - There is no duty - Writ of mandamus is sought to collect material or data which is in the realm of condition

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