STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. HIRA LAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) On September 12, 1963, the Government of Punjab passed the following order:

(2.) Up till that date reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes was confined to initial recruitment. The first out of every five initial recruitments was reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or other Backward Classes.

(3.) On January 14,1964, the Government clarified its order dated September 12, 1963. In this case we are not concerned with the first paragraph of that clarification. The second paragraph of that clarification reads thus: