UPSC Qualifiers Have No Right To Posting At Place Of Choice: Supreme Court
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The observation came on the centre's appeal against a Kerala High Court verdict asking to to grant home cadre to a woman IAS officer
A successful civil services aspirant has no right to be allocated a cadre or place of appointment of his choice as a candidate for the all India service opts to serve anywhere in the country with "eyes wide open," the Supreme Court said today.
The historic judgment in the Mandal case was also referred to by the court to observe that the candidate belonging to the SC/ST or OBC, if found suitable by the UPSC for selection on merits under general category, "shall be appointed against unreserved vacancies".
The observation of the court came on the appeal of the central government against a verdict of the Kerala High Court which had asked it to grant home cadre Kerala to A Shainamol, a Muslim woman IAS officer posted in Himachal Pradesh.
A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian set aside the verdict of the High Court asking the centre to grant Kerala cadre to the woman IAS officer.
