JUDGMENT

H.K. Sema, J.—These appeals have been preferred by the Union of India aggrieved by the judgment and orders dated 10.9.2002 (in Civil Appeal Nos. 5505-07/2003) and 29.4.2003 (in Civil Appeal No. 7004/2003) of the Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi in Civil Writ Petition Nos. 3561/99, 3562/99, 867/2000 and 2751/2000 respectively. For brevity, we are taking facts from Civil Appeal No. 5505 of 2003. The respondent belongs to Other Backward Class (OBC) Reservations were made for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBC category candidates in Civil Services Examination (CSE) Rules, 1996. The respondent appeared from the reserved quota of OBC. The Union Public Service Commission (Commission) recommended in all 739 candidates, out of which 2 candidates were withheld and 737 candidates were recommended one to one for appointment against the vacant posts from various categories.

2. The following chart would made clear the manner in which the different categories of jobs were to be allocated to different categories of candidates.

Category/ IASIFSIPSGr.AGr.BTotal Cadre

General380748157133383

OBC2003257254174

SC1203155639125

ST060108231957

Total761496308245739

3. The chart shows that a