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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 919 of 2002

PETITIONER:

State of Karnataka & Ors.

RESPONDENT:

C. Lalitha

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 31/01/2006

BENCH:

S.B. Sinha & P.P. Naolekar

JUDGMENT:

JUDGMENT

S.B. SINHA, J.

Construction of an inter-parties order of this Court is in question in

this appeal wherein the validity of an amendment of the reservation policy of

the State which was the subject matter of a decision of this Court in N.T.

Devin Katti and Others v. Karnataka Public Service Commission and Others

[(1990) 3 SCC 157], had been raised. This Court therein declared that the

revised reservation policy was not applicable to selection initiated prior

thereto and consequently directed:

"15\005In this view, we direct the State Government

to appoint the appellants on the posts of Tehsildars

with retrospective effect, but if no vacancies are

available the State Government will create

supernumerary posts of Tehsildars for appointing

the appellants against those posts. We further

direct that for purposes of seniority the appellants

should be placed below last candidate appointed in

1976, but they will not be entitled to any