SC rejects HC verdict for providing 3% sports quota in Punjab medical, dental colleges
Supreme Court of India has quashed the High Court judgement that directed the Punjab government to offer a 3% sports quota reservation in government dental and medical colleges.
Earlier Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed the Punjab government to provide a three percent sports quota instead of one percent reservation under the sports category in all state-run medical and dental colleges. Now, the Supreme Court has quashed a part of the verdict and also observed that the courts cannot issue writs to provide quotas.
High Court verdict was given in response to the Punjab government appeal against the 2019 common judgement of Haryana and Punjab High Court which asked issuance of 3% sports quota for government-run medical and dental colleges in the state. High Court had earlier directed that 1% quota should be given for "children/grandchildren of terrorist-affected persons/Sikh riots affected persons in all private unaided non-minority Medical/Dental institutions in the state," as reported by India Today.
Also, the High Court had directed that the reservation for riot and terrorist affected candidates will be applicable for the management seats as well.
The Supreme Court judgement said, "So far as the second direction issued by the High Court directing to provide for a sports quota of three per cent in Government Medical/Dental Colleges in the State of Punjab is concerned, the same is hereby quashed and set aside by observing that no writ of mandamus could have been issued by the High Court."
"We are of the opinion that the High Court has committed a grave error in issuing a writ of mandamus and directing the State Government to provide for three reservation/quota for sportspersons, instead of one per cent as provided by the State Government," it added.
"A conscious policy decision was taken by the State Government to provide for one per cent reservation/quota for sportspersons. Therefore, the High Court has exceeded its jurisdiction while issuing a writ of mandamus directing the State to provide a particular percentage of reservation for sportspersons," the twenty-page judgement added.
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