Article 16(4A), enabling reservation in promotion for SC/ST, was inserted by the 77th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1995.
Under which Clause of Article 16, inserted by the Constitutional (77th Amendment) Act, 1995, stating that “Nothing in this Article shall prevent the State from making any provisions for the reservation in matter of promotion [with consequential seniority] to any class or classes of posts in the services under the State in favour of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, which, in the opinion of the State, is not adequately represented in the services under the State” ?
Asked in UPSC Combined Section Officer 2021 22 · Topic: Articles of the Constitution (Articles on Special Provisions for Certain States and Classes)
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