...” and “Momin (Ansar)”. These castes are notified as Other Backward Class (from hereinafter referred to as “OBC”) in the erstwhile State of Uttar Pradesh prior to creation of State of Uttarakhand. After the creation of State of Uttarakhand the Act, under which these castes were declared as ‘OBC’ namely the Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for...Backward Class) Act, 1994 was adopted in the State of Uttarakhand and, inter alia, “Gujar”, “Saini” and “Momin (Ansar)” have been declared as ‘OBC’ in the State of Uttarakhand as well. These facts are not in dispute. The petitioners are permanent residents of State of Uttarakhand. All the same, the benefit of reservation was...OBC in the State of Uttarakhand and was not being given reservation for the reason that the National Commission for Backward Classes (from hereinafter referred to as ‘NCBC’) has not notified that...

...mean that there was only one caste falling within the category of OBCs in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The position as it existed pertaining to reservation to OBC posts in Uttarakhand is explained by the...Uttarakhand seeking issuance of Mandamus for commanding the Appellants to appoint them to the post of Constable G.D in CRPF against the post reserved for OBC candidates of Uttarakhand. The Appellants filed...July, 2010. There was some confusion about the applicability of the Lists of the OBCs prepared by the States of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand for implementing reservation in the State's civil posts...

...Category by extending horizontal reservation quota in favour of Petitioner being only entitled Uttarakhand Female OBC (Cat-UF OBC) Category candidate as per merit list and as per category options of the...for being considered under OBC (Uttarakhand Female) Category. Therefore, having secured more marks; both having opted for being considered under OBC (Uttarakhand Female) Category (horizontal reservation); and the petitioner having secured lesser marks, Sahista Banu being selected against the vacancy under OBC (Uttarakhand Female) Category cannot, in any....b) Issue an appropriate writ, order or directions in the nature of Mandamus commanding the Respondent No. 2 to make selection of the Petitioner under Uttarakhand Female OBC sub...

...and was/is not a permanent resident of Uttarakhand, therefore, was/is not eligible for OBC reservation. Consequently, impugned order came to be passed.3. I have heard Mr. Rahul Consul...probation period on offering one month's salary and other perks.2. Vide advertisement dated 8.2.2002, applications were invited for recruitment in Civil Police, Uttarakhand. Petitioner...applied and was selected against the OBC reservation. When the petitioner was undergoing training, it was transpired that the petitioner was/is permanent resident of District Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh...

...Uttarakhand female and therefore such a reservation was not liable to be given to her. It was further contended that the reservation in OBC category is a vertical reservation and the claim of further reservation of Uttarakhand female...presumption and logic that the petitioner is a woman and domicile of Uttarakhand and therefore claiming reservation as an OBC category candidate. The petitioner was given all these benefits but was...considered. There was a horizontal reservation for Uttarakhand Females. This reservation was not given to the petitioner. Aggrieved the petitioner filed the present writ petition before this Court, in...

...Uttarakhand while “Dhiver” is notified as an OBC caste, “Kashyap Rajput” is not notified as an OBC caste nor is it a sub caste of “Kashyap”, which is (i.e “Kashyap”) notified as OBC in Uttarakhand. Moreover in the State of Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for...concerned authority in Uttarakhand pertaining to caste “Dhiver”. The contention of the petitioner is that respondent no. 4 does not belong to OBC caste “Dhiver” for which he obtained a certificate, but he...actually belongs to a caste called “Kashyap Rajput”, which is not notified an OBC in the State of Uttarakhand. Hence, the petitioner has challenged the order of the scrutiny committee.3...

.... Infact this Court in the case of Triveni Chandra Pandey v. State of Uttarakhand 2014 (1) U.D, 16 has already held that making residence a...residence was being taken, is not clear. Petitioner has specifically pleaded that he never claimed reservation of OBC, SC or ST on the basis of domicile certificate, therefore, residence/domicile certificate...in Uttarakhand is of no use. Moreover, in the year 2001 the State authorities themselves have issued this certificate to the petitioner relating to the place and in 2004 he was again issued domicile...

...the petitioner is not entitled for any benefit of reservation of OBC caste in Uttarakhand, in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the above cited case of Action Committee...has contended that in the event of the petitioner migrating to State of Uttarakhand due to her marriage with Sri Digambar Singh Chauhan, cannot get benefit of OBC category of State of Uttarakhand. In.... According to the petitioner her husband Sri Digambar Singh Chauhan also belongs to O.B.C Caste in the State of Uttarakhand, therefore, even after marriage the status of the petitioner did not get changed...

...belonging to Uttarakhand, who belong to OBC and whose caste/community is appearing in the Central List of OBCs for the State of Uttar Pradesh would be eligible to get the benefit of reservation as...Other Backward Class (OBC) category shall be given as per the Central Educational Institution (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 No. 5 of 2007. The OBCs who are eligible for...competitive examination in which he applied as an OBC candidate. The petitioner also applied under the NRI sponsored scheme as a general category candidate. The present dispute relates to his candidature...

.... The petitioner is a resident of State of Uttarakhand and belongs to OBC category of the State. It is stated in the writ petition that the petitioner is entitled for reservation under the OBC quota...and also for OBC (women) quota in public employment in the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioner fulfills the educational qualification as per the eligibility criteria prescribed in the advertisement...stated that the horizontal reservation would be available to a candidate only in the category to which he/she belongs. Since the petitioner had applied under OBC category, she is not entitled to be...

...Uttarakhand Power Corporation. Although she belongs to Other Backward Class category but since there was no reservation for OBC candidates, therefore, her candidature is liable to be considered against General...accepted notice on behalf of respondent No. 3.Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education.3. An examination to the post of Junior Engineer in various Government Departments were conducted...by the respondent No. 3 i.e Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education, Roorkee, District Haridwar. Petitioner participated in the said examination for the post of Junior Engineer (Civil) in...

...Caste, Scheduled Tribe or Other Backward Classes for the purpose of giving reservation in the Central Government Services, however, reservation in the State Services within the State of Uttarakhand shall...Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994. Undisputedly, all the persons belonging to Gorkha Community, in the State of Uttarakhand were classified as OBC vide Notification dated... IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition...

...Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe or Other Backward Classes for the purpose of giving reservation in the Central Government Services, however, reservation in the State Services within the State of Uttarakhand...and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994.Undisputedly, all the persons belonging to Gorkha Community, in the State of Uttarakhand were classified as OBC vide Notification dated 15.11.2003...OBC reservation shall be available to all the persons belonging to Gorkha Community, residing within the State of Uttarakhand, till Schedule I is amended by State Government by exercising powers under Section 13 of the Act.CLMA No. 13969 of 2013 also stands disposed of accordingly....

...of mandamus commanding the respondents ie, in the year of 2018 the reservation of other backward caste (OBC) was 14%. Inspite of the recommendation of Commission in...determination of OBC Reservation in urban local bodies, which submitted its supplementary recommendation on 30.09.2024, the same was accepted by the State Government; since the recommendation made by the...addresses the pressing need for political reservations in local self-government bodies to bridge the existing gaps in OBC political representation within the state. The proportion of OBCs to the total...

...petitioner to appear in the interview for admission in Ph.D. course by granting him benefit of reservation applicable to Other Backward Class (OBC) category. 5. Without expressing any...Manoj K. Tiwari, J.:— Heard learned counsel for the parties through video conferencing. 2. Petitioner participated in a selection for admission in Ph.D. course. Petitioner...belongs to OBC category, but he could not enclose his OBC certificate alongwith his application. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that prior to interview, petitioner had submitted...

...Hon'ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral)1. The Tehsil in which the petitioner presently resides is called Barkot, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. In the State of Uttarakhand Other Backward Class (hereinafter referred to as the “OBC”) are the once which are mentioned in the schedule to the Act known as Uttaranchal (Uttar Pradesh Public Service Reservation for...implementation of State of Uttarakhand and all the castes which were mentioned in the schedule to the said Act were being given status of OBC in the State of Uttarakhand. Vide Government Order dated...Uttarakhand was created by an Act of Parliament known as Uttar Pradesh Reorganisaton Act, 2000. Subsequent to the appointed day 9.11.2000 the said Act being enacted and is in...

...difference between the nature of vertical reservation and horizontal reservation. Social reservations in favour of SC, ST and OBC under Article 16(4) are “vertical reservations”. Special reservations in...suitable candidates.3. The appellant in this appeal (Rajesh Kumar Daria) and the third appellant in the connected appeal (Mohan Lal Soni) were OBC candidates. The other five...appellants in the connected appeal were general category candidates. They were not selected. According to them, woman candidates were selected in excess of their reservation quota, contrary to the Rules...

...advertisement dated 04.12.2021. Petitioner claims benefit of reservation available to Other Backward Classes, however, she submitted OBC certificate along with her application, which was issued in 2018...for the respondent-Selecting Body. 4. Petitioner participated in a selection for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor (Sociology) held by Uttarakhand Public Service Commission pursuant to.... 5. Uttarakhand Public Service Commission thereafter invited objections by issuing a notification, however, petitioner did not submit any objection within stipulated time. 6. In this writ petition...

..., which is presently applicable in the State of Uttarakhand on 20.05.2016, by which the “Fikwal” community of Pratap Nagar, District Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand has been declared as OBC community. The...Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.:— The petitioner belongs to the Other Backward Classes (in short “OBC”) community i.e “Saini” and was a candidate for the post of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (in short...“ANM), for which the Government of Uttarakhand had advertised 440 vacancies on 15.03.2016 Out of 440 posts, 163 posts have to be filled by OBC candidates.2. The contention of the...

...SCC 267 that the reservation of seats in favour of candidates belonging to hill areas and Uttarakhand areas are reservations within the meaning of Article 15(4) of the Constitution, i.e...-reserved category. As we shall indicate presently, 110 out of 112 special reservation candidates have been accommodated only in OC category and none in the OBC, SC or ST category...in favour of Other Backward Classes is 27% which means 201 seats for OBCs; if the 112 special reservation seats are also divided proportionately as between OC, OBC, SC and ST, 30 seats would be...