The Supreme Court has said, reservation and relaxation for Physically Handicapped category candidates in civil services examination is a matter of government policy and courts cannot embark on it. The court yesterday set aside the judgement of the Madras High Court and the view taken by Delhi High Court that increasing the number of attempts for Physically Handicapped candidates belonging to General Category from 4 to 7 with effect from the 2007 Examination, and not proportionally increasing the number of attempts for Physically Handicapped candidates belonging to OBC Category from 7 to 10, is discriminatory and arbitrary.<br/><br/>The apex court said, it can only interfere if the policy framed is capricious and arbitrary, offending the basic requirement of the Article 14 of the Constitution. The verdict came on appeal filed by the Centre challenging the judgements of the High Courts which allowed Physically Handicapped students of OBC to avail 10 attempts instead of 7 attempts in the Civil Services Examination.
News On AIR | January 25, 2017 7:19 AM
Quota for handicapped in civil services a govt policy: SC