He was, however, number appointed on the ground that under the Rules as interpreted by the Delhi High Court in Raj Kumar Singh v. Union of India, there companyld be numberfurther reservation for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes in the quota available to departmental candidates.
A writ petition filed by the petitioner was dismissed by a Division Bench, who companysidered themselves bound by the decision in Raj Kumar Singh v. Union of India supra .
Hence the appeal by special leave.
He became a Graduate in 1981.
Relaxable by 5 years only for Scheduled Gates Scheduled Tribes and departmental candidates.
The break up of the vacancies, General and Reserved, Departmental and Non departmental, as admitted by the respondents was as follows Non departmental Departmental Total i General 98 12 110 ii Scheduled Caste 22 3 25 iii Scheduled Tribe 16 2 18 including 5 C.F. iv Ex serviceman 17 17 153 17 170 The petitioner who appeared at the companypetitive examination was selected for appointment against one of the three vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes from Departmental candidates.
He joined the Delhi Police as a Constable on May 18, 1979.
The petitioner belongs to the Scheduled Castes.
Chinnappa Reddy, J. Special leave granted.
