The Supreme Court of India has ruled that a meritorious candidate from a reserved social category (SC/ST/OBC) who also belongs to a horizontal reservation category, such as Persons with Disabilities (PWD), is entitled to occupy an “Unreserved” vacancy earmarked for that horizontal category if they are more meritorious than the Unreserved candidate. The Bench comprising
Meritorious Reserved Category PWD Candidates Can Occupy Unreserved Horizontal Vacancies: Supreme Court
