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No 100 % quota for tribal teachers
April 24 , 2020
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- A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held that it is unconstitutional to provide 100% reservation for tribal teachers in schools located in Scheduled Areas across the country.
- The court held that 100% reservation is discriminatory and impermissible.
- The opportunity of public employment is not the prerogative of few.
- A 100% reservation to the Scheduled Tribes has deprived Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes also of their due representation.
- The court referred to the Indira Sawhney judgment, which caps reservation at 50%.
- The case rose from a legal challenge to January 10, 2000 order issued by the High Court Bench.
- Earlier, the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh issued an order in 2000 for the 100% reservation to the Scheduled Tribe candidates, out of whom 33.1/3% shall be women, for the post of teachers in schools located in the Scheduled Areas of the State.
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