https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183184 A Union territory administered by the President may extend reservation benefits to Scheduled Caste candidates who migrated from other States, where its policy and Central Government instructions treat them as eligible for reserved posts. The analysis distinguishes a Union territory from a State under Part VIII of the Constitution and explains that Article 341 identifies Scheduled Castes in relation to a State or Union territory but does not bar a territory from adopting an inclusive reservation policy. It also notes that the rule in Marri Chandra Shekhar Rao, which concerned inter-State migration, cannot be mechanically applied to such a Union territory, and that Article 16(4) remains an enabling provision. en-us Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 May 2024 15:24:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183184 A Union territory administered by the President may extend reservation benefits to Scheduled Caste candidates who migrated from other States, where its policy and Central Government instructions treat them as eligible for reserved posts. The analysis distinguishes a Union territory from a State under Part VIII of the Constitution and explains that Article 341 identifies Scheduled Castes in relation to a State or Union territory but does not bar a territory from adopting an inclusive reservation policy. It also notes that the rule in Marri Chandra Shekhar Rao, which concerned inter-State migration, cannot be mechanically applied to such a Union territory, and that Article 16(4) remains an enabling provision. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183184