Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 67 · Decided 8 March 1988
DR. Chakradhar Paswan v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 67 · [1988] 3 S.C.R. 130
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2315/1981
- Decided
- 8 March 1988
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16(4), 226
Headnote
Constitution of India-Article 16(4)-Reservation of posts and appointments for members of backward classes read with Art. 16( 1)­ Equal opportunity to all citizens relating to public employment­ Reservation of posts for scheduled castes /tribes must not be so excessive which would in effect amounts to JOO per cent reservation- JOO per cent reservation is excessive and is not permissible under Art. 16(4)-Reservation of first vacancy in a particu­ lar cadre for scheduled caste candidate is violative of Art. 16( 1). D The State of Bihar had a Directorate of Indigenous
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