State Of U.P. & Ors vs Sangam Nath Pandey & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that the State of Uttar Pradesh's classification of 367 vacancies as backlog vacancies was legally unjustified, violating the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994. The Court emphasized that the vacancies should be treated as regular vacancies and appointments must be made according to the roster system established under Section 3(5) of the 1994 Act. The outcome mandated the State to declare results afresh for these vacancies without backlog classification.