Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 776 · Decided 1 August 2022
Ajay Kumar Pandey & ORS. v. State of U.P. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 776 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 836
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4811/2022
- Decided
- 1 August 2022
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 - ss.32 and 33 - Reservation for disabled candidates - Eligibility for appointment - State Government circulated G.O. dated 07-05-1999 identifying the posts which can be disabled candidates under the Disabilities Act, 1995 - High Court struck down the G.O. holding that insofar as it provided reservation to persons with disabilities in the category of hearing impairment alone, it was illegal and ultra- vires to Arts. 14 and 16 of the Constitution as well as
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