Service Lawyer: the candidate once started participation in selection process as reserved cateogry candidate, cannot subsequently be accommodated as general cateogry in selection process; SC.

 Supreme Court of India

Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Indira Banerjee

The question falling for consideration before the Supreme Court {Niravkumar Dilip Bhai Makwana versus Gujarat Public Service Commission and others} was whether a candidate who has availed of an age relaxation in a selection process, as a result of belonging to a reserved category, can thereafter seek to be accommodated in / or migrated to the general cateogry candidate?

The SC answering in negative held that the candidate who has availed of age relaxation in the selection process, as a result of belonging to a reserved category, cannot thereafter seek to be accommodated in, or migrate to the general category. While dismissing the appeals, it was held that the state government has clarified that when a relaxed standard is applied in selecting a candidate for reserved category in the age limit, experience, qualifications, permitting number of choices in the written examination etc., then, candidate of such category selected in the said manner, shall have to be considered only against his / her reserved post only.