New Delhi, Apr 10 (PTI) Observing that vacancies are not filled by "charity", India's Supreme Court has said the government is not under any Constitutional obligation to provide reservation to Schedule Castes(SCs), Schedule Tribes etc, in preliminary tests conducted for filling up official posts. "Judging of merit may be at several tiers. It may undergo several filtrations. Ultimately, the constitutional scheme is to have the candidates who would be able to serve the society and discharge the functions attached to the office. Vacancies are not filled up by way of charity," the apex court said.
A bench of Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph said preliminary examination is not a part of the main examination and as such the rule of reservation available to socially- disadvantaged sections cannot be insisted on at a threshold stage.
"The merit of the candidate is not judged thereby.
Only an eligibility criterion is fixed. The papers for holding the examination (preliminary) comprise of General Studies and Mental Ability. Such a test must be held to be necessary for the purpose of judging the basic eligibility of the candidates to hold the tests," the apex court said.
The apex court passed the observation while rejecting the contention of certain reserved category students who challenged the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission's (APPSC) refusal to provide reservation benefits at the preliminary exam stage for appointments of Deputy Collectors, Commercial Tax Officers and other Group-I posts PTI
'Shoe incident exploited by section of leaders in Delhi Cong'
New Delhi, Apr 10 (PTI) Jagdish Tytler, whose Lok Sabha poll nomination was withdrawn by the Congress, has said that a section of leaders in the party's Delhi unit had exploited the 'shoe incident' to keep him away from the electoral fray.
"I have a very strong gut feeling on how all this came about. It is not the work of Akalis only. Akalis took help of some people from our party who probably did not want me," he told NDTV.
Asked whether he was referring to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Tytler said he would not like to name anybody.
"Probably, I was getting too big for my boots in my own party," he said, adding that he was referring to the Delhi Congress and not the national level.
On whether Dikshit had become stronger in the party after her third consecutive term as Chief Minister, Tytler merely said "I really thought in my mind. I said well, she has come to stay long." Tytler said he would not like to have a fight with Dikshit as her son Sandeep Dikshit was contesting elections.
"I would not like to fight with her because her son has been fighting from the interior. So, I did not want to give a wrong signal," he said.
Congress had yesterday withdrawn Tytler and Sajjan Kumar from the electoral fray as the ghost of the 1984 riots returned to haunt the party over their alleged role in the carnage. PTI
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A bench of Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph said preliminary examination is not a part of the main examination and as such the rule of reservation available to socially- disadvantaged sections cannot be insisted on at a threshold stage.
"The merit of the candidate is not judged thereby.
Only an eligibility criterion is fixed. The papers for holding the examination (preliminary) comprise of General Studies and Mental Ability. Such a test must be held to be necessary for the purpose of judging the basic eligibility of the candidates to hold the tests," the apex court said.
The apex court passed the observation while rejecting the contention of certain reserved category students who challenged the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission's (APPSC) refusal to provide reservation benefits at the preliminary exam stage for appointments of Deputy Collectors, Commercial Tax Officers and other Group-I posts PTI
'Shoe incident exploited by section of leaders in Delhi Cong'
New Delhi, Apr 10 (PTI) Jagdish Tytler, whose Lok Sabha poll nomination was withdrawn by the Congress, has said that a section of leaders in the party's Delhi unit had exploited the 'shoe incident' to keep him away from the electoral fray.
"I have a very strong gut feeling on how all this came about. It is not the work of Akalis only. Akalis took help of some people from our party who probably did not want me," he told NDTV.
Asked whether he was referring to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Tytler said he would not like to name anybody.
"Probably, I was getting too big for my boots in my own party," he said, adding that he was referring to the Delhi Congress and not the national level.
On whether Dikshit had become stronger in the party after her third consecutive term as Chief Minister, Tytler merely said "I really thought in my mind. I said well, she has come to stay long." Tytler said he would not like to have a fight with Dikshit as her son Sandeep Dikshit was contesting elections.
"I would not like to fight with her because her son has been fighting from the interior. So, I did not want to give a wrong signal," he said.
Congress had yesterday withdrawn Tytler and Sajjan Kumar from the electoral fray as the ghost of the 1984 riots returned to haunt the party over their alleged role in the carnage. PTI
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