ARTI SAPRU versus STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR & OTHERS
The State Government's classification of villages as socially and educationally backward for rectification of imbalance suffers from arbitrariness with no intelligible data disclosed, and is therefore invalid. Admissions under this category must be quashed and those seats filled by open merit.
- Parties
- Petitioner: Arti Sapru; Respondents: State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Judgment Date
- 27 February 1981
- Procedural Posture
- Writ Petition / Judgment
- Outcome
- Petitions allowed
- Legal Topics
- Reservation in Admissions, Regional Imbalance, Viva Voce Marks Allocation, Government Notifications, Selection Committee Composition
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Parties
Arti Sapru
Petitioner
State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others
Respondents
Procedural Posture
Writ Petition / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the classification of certain villages as socially and educationally backward for rectification of imbalance is arbitrary and invalid
- 2 Whether allocating 30% of total marks to viva voce with short interview duration is unreasonable and arbitrary
- 3 Whether accepting late applications is bad in law
Ratio Decidendi
The State Government's classification of villages as socially and educationally backward for rectification of imbalance suffers from arbitrariness with no intelligible data disclosed, and is therefore invalid. Admissions under this category must be quashed and those seats filled by open merit.
Court Disposition
Petitions allowed
Orders
- Admissions granted under quota reserved for rectifying regional imbalances are quashed.
- Seats must be filled up on the basis of open merit.
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