Supreme Court Upholds Reservation of Single Vacancy for Scheduled Caste Candidate in Railway Service Under Modified Carry Forward Rule. Modified Carry Forward Rule Capping Reserved and Carried Forward Vacancies at 45% and Limiting Carry Forward to Two Years Is Valid Under Article 16(1) of Constitution of India, as it removes excessive reservation condemned in Devadasan....
The case arose from a dispute over reservation in promotion to the post of Headmistress in a railway-run girls' higher secondary school. The petitioner, a permanent employee of South Eastern Railway, ...




