Navjot Kaur v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: women reservation in direct recruitment; Punjab Civil Services (Reservation of Posts for Women) Rules, 2020; domicile-based restriction on reservation; clarifications dated 29.01.2021 and 07.02.2022; proviso to Article 309; Article 15; amendment of Article 309 rules by Governor versus departmental clarification; Assistant Financial Officer; Advertisement No.5 of 2021 dated 17.08.2021; Punjab Domicile Certificate; Special DGP Central Recruitment Board; Kalpana Komal Bhatti, CWP No.16556 of 2022. Relevant for submissions on the scope of women-quota reservation, the invalidity of executive clarifications that narrow Article 309 rules, and whether reservation benefits can be confined by domicile absent an express rule.
What did the court decide?
On the record, the petitioner belongs to the State of Punjab, and in the absence of any representation by the private respondents, the petitioner's contention may be accepted to the extent that the private respondents did not belong to the State of Punjab.