Constitution (85th Amendment) Act, 2001

The petitioners, representing Scheduled Tribes employees, sought a direction that Himachal Pradesh implement its own policy of reservation in promotions with consequential seniority under the 85th Constitutional Amendment, relying on data already collected. The State argued that implementation should be deferred pendin…

Shiv Nath Prasad, a Scheduled Caste candidate, was appointed Assistant Engineer in Madhya Pradesh and promoted to Executive Engineer in 1980 against a reserved post. General‑category engineers, senior to him in the feeder cadre, were promoted to the same post in 1985. The State Administrative Tribunal and the Madhya Pr…

The Rajasthan High Court quashed two state notifications that granted consequential seniority to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe officers promoted under reservation, on the ground that the state had not complied with the requirements laid down in M. Nagaraj's case. The petitioners, members of the Rajasthan Administ…