Supreme Court of India
Suresh Chand Gautam v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
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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
Authorities it was built on
- 1997 Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
- 2006 M. Nagaraj and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors
- 1951 Commissioner of Police, Bombay v. Gordhandas Bhanji
- 1995 Union of India and Ors. Etc. v. Virpal Singh Chauhan Etc.
- 1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India
- 2002 All India Judges Association and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1970 H. H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jiwaji Rao Scindia Bahadur & Ors. v. Union of India
- 1995 R.K. Sabharwal and Ors. v. The State of Punjab
- 2011 Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd. T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1996 Ajit Singh Januja and Others v. State of Punjab and Others
- 1994 M/s Khoday Distilleries Ltd. Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Ors. Etc.
- 2006 Prakash Singh and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2013 Ankush Shivaji Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra
- 1980 Municipal Council, Ratlam v. Shri Vardhichand & Ors.
- 2010 Suraj Bhan Meena & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
- 1961 Dr. Rai Shivendra Bahadur v. The Gover.nfng Body of the Nalanda College
- 1996 City of Nagpur Corporation v. M/s. Khemchand Khushaldas and Sons and Ors.
- 2007 M/s. Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd v. State of U.P. and Ors.
- 2003 M.A. Murthy v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- 2008 Nagar Palika Nigam v. Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti and Ors.
- 2000 M.G. Badappanavar and Anr. Etc. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- 1980 Tara Prasad Singh Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Others
- 2013 Aneesh D. Lawande & Others v. The State of Goa and Others
- 2010 Ranveer Yadav v. State of Bihar
- 1987 Harishanker v. Board of Revenue, U.P. & Ors.
- 2014 T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2001 Ganga Ram Moolchandani v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 The State of Punjab and Another v. Anshika Goyal and Others
- 2018 Jarnail Singh & Others v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta & Others
- 2017 The State of Tripura & Ors. v. Jayanta Chakraborty & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to
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