How the Supreme Court Blocked Attempts to Dilute Merit Under the Open Category
In Saurav Yadav v State of Uttar Pradesh, the apex courtâs three-judge bench explained how merit is served by permitting candidates belonging to reserved categories compete with âgeneralâ candidates.
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Last Fridayâs judgment by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court in
Those who oppose reservations of any kind are inclined to find merit in the argument that reservations per se are opposed to merit, and therefore, likely to compromise efficiency in public service. Therefore, the critics of reservation are likely to endorse the view that the open category, which is free of reservation of any kind, must be available only to candidates who are not the beneficiaries of any reservations, so that merit is accommodated to the extent possible.