Madhya Pradesh High Court dismisses EWS candidate plea seeking 10 additional marks

The Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday dismissed Petition of a candidate belong to economically weaker section (EWS) category , seeking additional 10 marks for appointment on the post of Aganwadi Karyakarta.

The petitioner, Rubi Mishra is aggrieved by inaction of the Department of Women and Child Development for not granting her additional 10 marks as per the new amendment in Article 16 of the Constitution of India, which states as , “(6) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clause (4), in addition to the existing reservation and subject to a maximum of ten per cent, of the posts in each category.”

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