The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court directed the State to implement PSTM reservation in the state government appointments.
It reiterated that only the candidates, who have had their entire education — from Class 1 till college or the prescribed higher qualification — in Tamil medium are eligible for the 20 per cent reservation under the PSTM Act.
The Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) was seeking to exempt the commission from implementing the order in the 2020 Group I recruitment.
The TNPSC stated that the said recruitment was announced in January 2020.
But the Bench directed TNPSC to implement it in the current Group I services recruitment (2020) process as well.