https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275791 Reserved vacancies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes could be filled through a limited departmental competitive examination instead of mandatory de-reservation, because de-reservation was a matter of administrative discretion and no general-category officer had a right to insist on it. Rule 12(2a) and the 1979 Regulations did not offend Articles 14, 15 or 16, as the special avenue operated to ensure that reserved posts could be filled and did not create an unlawful inequality. The 1979 amendment could apply to the unfinished 1977 select list, the reduced eligibility standard was upheld as a valid relaxation for backward classes, reservation extended to selection posts, and the broader constitutional challenge to the scheme failed. en-us Mon, 10 Nov 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:40:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275791 Reserved vacancies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes could be filled through a limited departmental competitive examination instead of mandatory de-reservation, because de-reservation was a matter of administrative discretion and no general-category officer had a right to insist on it. Rule 12(2a) and the 1979 Regulations did not offend Articles 14, 15 or 16, as the special avenue operated to ensure that reserved posts could be filled and did not create an unlawful inequality. The 1979 amendment could apply to the unfinished 1977 select list, the reduced eligibility standard was upheld as a valid relaxation for backward classes, reservation extended to selection posts, and the broader constitutional challenge to the scheme failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 10 Nov 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275791