Not justified to issue direction to de-reserve vacant doctors' posts: Odisha HC
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has acknowledged that the Orissa Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes) Act, 1975 do mention about de-reserving posts for general category candidates that remain vacant in the SC & ST category even after several years of recruitment.
A single judge bench of Justice BR Sarangi noted,
"In view of such position, this Court is of the considered view that it is not justified to issue a direction to the appropriate government to de-reserve the posts."
The observation was made by the court on Wednesday while disposing a petition which was filed by 173 non-reserved candidates seeking direction from the state government to de-reserve 1,505 posts of medical officers that remain vacant in the SC and ST category, reports The New Indian Express.
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