DHIRENDRA KUMAR MISHRA Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Sri Rajeev Narayan Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State.

(2.) BY the order impugned dated 01.02.2007, the appointment of petitioner on the post of Assistant Clerk has been held to be illegal solely on the ground that the post in question should have been filled up by a candidate of reserved category.

(3.) THE moot point involved in this case is as to whether out of 3 posts of Assistant Clerk and Head Clerk, 1 post could be reserved for the Scheduled Castes as per the U.P. Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes) Act, 1994 (for short the Reservation Act of 1994) or not.