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Bajrang Lal Sharma v. C. K. Mathew and Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 484
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Indira Banerjee and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 23 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the writ petitions, i.e., Civil Writ Nos. 14176, 20799, 13476, 16694 of 2012, pending in the High Court of Rajasthan should be decided finally at an early date, preferably within three months from the date of intimation of this order to the High Court.

Judgment, page 19

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Contempt of Court: Matter relating to reservation in promotion and consequential seniority – Supreme Court in ** Suraj Bhan Meena Case set aside notifications providing for consequential seniority i n promotion to SC/ST employees holding that no exercise was undertaken in terms of Article 16(4- ) of the Constitution, to acquire qu antifiable data regarding inadequacy of representation of SC/ST com munities in public services – Pursuant thereto Bhatnagar Committee constit uted – Committee in its report concluded that backwardness of SC/ST is established on the basis of quantifiable data – The

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