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OBC creamy layer judgment: Centre seeks exemption for 2025 and 2026 civil service examination recruitments
The Union government has noted that the implementation of this judgment will lead to a cascade of litigation from previous years’ candidates of not just civil service examination but also all other aspects of government recruitment
Context
The Union government has petitioned the to not apply its March 11 judgment on determining the **creamy layer** for (OBCs) retrospectively. The court had ruled that excluding children of PSU or private sector employees from reservation based solely on income, without considering the equivalence of their posts to government groups (A, B, C, D), is discriminatory. The Centre argues that retrospective application would disrupt lakhs of existing recruitments and admissions, leading to massive administrative and legal challenges, and requests time to establish post equivalencies.
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