Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan argued next, stating that only parliament (and not State Legislative Assemblies) can make inclusions or exclusions among the reserved groups.
“As far as (Article) 16(4) is concerned, State can always issue. Why cannot the State exclude (from reserved categories) some (communities) who have developed and are not backward any longer?” Justice Nath asked.
Sankaranarayanan asserted that States do not have such powers.
States do not have the power to impose caps on quotas, but can only decide on its sub-distribution, he said.
Source: Barandbench
