POST GRADUATE INSTT.OF MED.EDU.&RESEARCH vs K.L. NARASIMHAN

The Supreme Court addressed the applicability of reservation policies for the appointment of Assistant Professors and Professors at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. It was held that the posts in question are classified as 'scientific or technical' under the Ministry of Home Affairs' Office Memorandum dated 2.11.1963, thus exempting them from reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Court upheld the validity of the Central Government's classification and the rules framed under Section 31 of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Act, 1966, affirming the Director's authority to fill vacancies without applying reservation policies.