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Chebrolu Leela Prasad Rao & Ors. v. State of A.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 6 S.C.R. 28
Bench Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 22 April 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that clause (4) of Article 16 is not exception to clause (1) of Article.

Judgment, page 118

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Arts. 14, 15, 16(1), 16(4), 244 and 371 ; Para 5(1) of Schedule V – .P. Education Act, 1982 – .P. Regulation of Reservation and Appointment to Public Services Act, 1997 – The .O.Ms. No. 3/2000 issued by the erstwhile S tate of Andhra Pradesh pr ovided 100% r eservation to the Scheduled T ribe candidates for the post of teachers in the schools in the scheduled areas in the S tate of Andhra Pradesh – V alidity of – Held: .O.Ms. No. 3/2000 pr oviding for 100% r eservation is not permissible under the Constitution, the outer limit is 50% as specified in Indra Sawhney case

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Of those, 2 mentioned

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