The State of Kerala v. Dr.G.Radhakrishna Pillai
Case brief
What is this about?
Category-wise communal reservation across university departments was upheld. The court sustained the statutory amendment grouping teaching posts into separate cadres of Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors, upheld consequential university action, allowed the appeals, set aside the single judge’s judgment and dismissed the writ petitions.
What did the court decide?
Single judge’s judgment set aside; writ petitions dismissed; amendments and university action under the implementing order and recruitment notification upheld.