Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 227 · Decided 29 September 1967
C. A. Rajendran v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 227 · [1968] 1 S.C.R. 721
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 11/1967
- Decided
- 29 September 1967
- Bench
- K.N. WANCHOO, R.S. BACHAWAT, V. RAMASWAMI, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16(4), 32, 16
Headnote
A .,, UNION OF INDIA & ORS. September 29, 1967 (K. N. WANCHOO, C.J., R. S. BACHAWAT, V. RAMASWAMI, B • G. K. MITTER AND K. S. HEGDE, JJ.J Constitution of India, Arts. 14 and 16(4)-Whether Art. 16(4) confers a right on scheduled castes and tribes or onlv an enabling on the 4th January 1957, in respect of posts filled by promotion through competitive examinations limited to departmental candi­ dates, reservations at 121% and 51% of vacancies were provided for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively. By an earlier D office memorandum of the 7th
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