PRADEEP KANT AND AJAI KUMAR SINGH, JJ.

Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Parishad Anusuchit Jati/janjati Karamchari Kalyan Samiti is a recognised association looking after the interest of the officers and employees belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes working in the U. P. Power Corporation Ltd. and other companies. The association has filed this writ petition claiming reservation for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes to the extent of 23% on the post of Directors and Managing Directors in different companies, namely, U. P. Power Corporation Ltd. and also other power sector companies, i. e. , (i) Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Agra; (ii) Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Lucknow; (iii) Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Meerut; and (iv) Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, Varanasi, as per the provisions of U. P. Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes) Act, 1994.

2. The petitioner had earlier filed a writ petition challenging the selection made on 1. 2. 2006 in pursuance of the advertisement issued on 1. 9. 2005 for filing up the posts of Managing Directors and Directors, on the ground that

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