S VINOD KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted. Heard the counsel for the parties,

(2.) In Indra Sawhney v. Union of India this court had, while declaring that Article 16 (4 does not contemplate or permit reservation in the matter ofpromotions, declared that for the several reasons stated therein, the reservations already made shall continue for a period of five years from the date of the said judgment. In the majority judgment, it was directed that

(3.) Sawant, J. expressed himself on this aspect in para 549, which reads