Equality of opportunity in public employment enables permissible reservation measures while prohibiting discrimination in State appointments. Article 16 guarantees equality of opportunity in State employment, forbids discrimination on specified grounds, permits Parliament to require residence for certain posts, preserves religious institution occupation requirements, and authorises State reservations for backward classes, promotion reservation with consequential seniority for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, carry forward of unfilled reserved vacancies treated separately for the reservation ceiling, and additional reservation for economically weaker sections subject to an overall cap.
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Equality of opportunity in public employment enables permissible reservation measures while prohibiting discrimination in State appointments.
Article 16 guarantees equality of opportunity in State employment, forbids discrimination on specified grounds, permits Parliament to require residence for certain posts, preserves religious institution occupation requirements, and authorises State reservations for backward classes, promotion reservation with consequential seniority for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, carry forward of unfilled reserved vacancies treated separately for the reservation ceiling, and additional reservation for economically weaker sections subject to an overall cap.
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