Supreme Court of India

Priyanka Prakash Kulkarni v. Maharashtra Public Service Commission

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Reported as [2024] 1 S.C.R. 1223
Bench Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma JJ.
Decided 29 January 2024

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we direct the Respondent to forthwith treat the Appellant as a candidate under the ‘Reserved Female Category’.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Appellant was not able to take benefit of female reservation on account of her inability to produce a valid Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) certificate on the last date of submission of the application form. Later, a corrigendum enabled candidates to submit an NCL certificate valid in the current financial year. However, the High Court held that since the petitioner had applied from Open General Category because she did not hold the NCL certificate, her prayer for change of category cannot be accepted. Headnotes Service Law – Female Reservation – Non-Creamy Layer certificate –

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