Supreme Court of India

R. Chitralekha & Anr. v. State of Mysore & Ors.

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Decided 29 January 1964

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The Government of Mysore by an order defined backward classes and directed that 30 per cent of the seats in professional and technical colleges and institutions shall be reserved for them and 18 per cent to the Schedule castes and Scheduled Tribes. It was laid down that classification of socially and educationally backward classes should be made on the basis of economic condition and occupation. By a letter the Government informed the Director of Technical Education that it had been decided that 25% of the maximum marks for the examination in optional subjects shall be fixed as interview…

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