In Brief
The Supreme Court addressed whether reserving the Mayor's office in Dhule Municipal Corporation for the Backward Class category twice violated the rotation policy under Maharashtra municipal law. The High Court had held that repeating a reservation for one category while omitting another breached rotation principles. The Supreme Court reversed this, holding that the Rules must be read harmoniously with constitutional provisions. Because there are more reserved seats for Backward Class (7) than Scheduled Castes (3), it is inevitable that Backward Class may receive multiple reservations before all categories are equally distributed across all corporations. The Court emphasized that the Rules must be interpreted to remain workable and consistent with legislative intent—avoiding interpretations that would render them futile. The appeals were therefore allowed and the High Court's judgment was set aside.">
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