Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1174 · Decided 11 March 2016
Suresh Chand Gautam v. State of Uttar Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1174 · [2016] 1 S.C.R. 727
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 690/2015
- Decided
- 11 March 2016
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16, 21
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts. 16(4-A), 16(4-B) and 335 - Reservation in promotion for Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes - Need for quantifiable data - Whether a writ or direction can be issued to the State Government to collect and gather the necessary data of the SC and the ST in granting reservation in promotion - Held: State is not bound to make reservation for SCs/STs in matters of promotion - There is no constitutional obligation - There is no duty - Writ of mandamus is sought to collect material or data which is in the realm of condition precedent for exercising a
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