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"Catch up" rule established by the Supreme Court of India relates to which of the following Article of…

The "catch-up" rule, laid down in Union of India v. Virpal Singh Chauhan (1995) and Ajit Singh Januja v. State of Punjab (1996), lets a general candidate promoted later…

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"Catch up" rule established by the Supreme Court of India relates to which of the following Article of the Constitution ?

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The "catch-up" rule, laid down in Union of India v. Virpal Singh Chauhan (1995) and Ajit Singh Januja v. State of Punjab (1996), lets a general candidate promoted later regain seniority over a reserved candidate promoted earlier. It concerns reservation in promotion, which Article 16(4A) governs.

The 85th Amendment, 2001 amended Article 16(4A) to give "consequential seniority" and so displaced the rule, as upheld in M. Nagaraj. Articles 14, 15(4) and 16(4) are not the provisions it turns on.

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