https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312430 Articles 16(4-A) and 16(4-B) are enabling provisions, so the State has no enforceable duty to provide reservation in promotion or to begin the preliminary data-collection exercise for that purpose. A writ of mandamus cannot compel the State to take steps toward exercising a discretion that the Constitution leaves to it, especially where the constitutional conditions identified in M. Nagaraj must first be satisfied, including backwardness, inadequacy of representation, and compliance with Article 335. Such a direction would improperly intrude into policy and legislative choice, so the writ petitions were rejected. en-us Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:20:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312430 Articles 16(4-A) and 16(4-B) are enabling provisions, so the State has no enforceable duty to provide reservation in promotion or to begin the preliminary data-collection exercise for that purpose. A writ of mandamus cannot compel the State to take steps toward exercising a discretion that the Constitution leaves to it, especially where the constitutional conditions identified in M. Nagaraj must first be satisfied, including backwardness, inadequacy of representation, and compliance with Article 335. Such a direction would improperly intrude into policy and legislative choice, so the writ petitions were rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312430