In Brief
Siddaraju, a person with disabilities, challenged the lack of reservation for disabled persons in promotion to Executive Engineer (Mechanical and Electrical) posts. The High Court dismissed his contempt petition, holding that no action could be taken for non-provision of reservation. The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal, noting that the Internal Committee opined reservation was not feasible for this post. The Court affirmed the need for special provisions for persons with disabilities under the 1995 Act but deferred to the Committee's reasoned judgment, permitting the appellant to challenge the Committee's findings on available legal grounds.
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