In this oral decision, the High Court rejected the petitioner's plea to extend quota benefits for medical seats to great-grandchildren of freedom fighters, upholding the state policy's limitation to direct and collateral descendants within two degrees.
The prayer was declined and the writ petition was dismissed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
Civil Writ Petition No.11049 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:07.07.2011
Priya Prashar
...Petitioner
versus
State of Punjab and others
...Respondents
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN
Present: Mr. Amrik Singh Kalra, Advocate, for the petitioner.
K.Kannan, J. (Oral)
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available and consequently, she must be found fit to be treated as eligible for the reservation provided in the notification. To such an extent, the petitioner has already made a representation and would want a consideration of her plea on the basis of such representation.
Civil Writ Petition No.11049 of 2011 (O&M)
line of reasoning and find the State policy also to be reasonable. Under the circumstances, the prayer sought for is not tenable and it is declined. The writ petition is dismissed.
(K. KANNAN) JUDGE
07.07.2011 sanjeev
2 issues framed by the court
Whether a petition for extending reservation to great-grandchildren of freedom fighters is tenable.
Whether the executive policy limiting reservation to children and grandchildren of freedom fighters is reasonable.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
T.T. Saravanan Versus State of Tamil NaduReferred¶18
T.T. Saravanan Versus State of Tamil Nadhu-(2004) 4 MLJ 283
Priya Prashar
State of Punjab
K. Kannan
As recorded by the court registry
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