Bhubaneswar, Jan. 29 -- The Orissa High Court, adjudicating a batch of writ petitions challenging the promotion of SC and ST candidates against the unreserved posts has ruled that reserved category candidates are not eligible to get the benefit of promotion against these posts.
The court said the candidates were not eligible since no such quantifiable data has yet been collected to know the inadequacy of SC and ST candidates in any post.
The communication issued by the Government in permitting SC and ST candidates to get the benefit of promotion against unreserved vacancies on their own merit is not sustainable in the eyes of the law, Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy ruled in an order.
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