The bench passed its order while allowing a batch of writ petitions filed by nine applicants to the post of civil judge.
The petitioners told the Court that TNPSC had issued a notification on June 1, 2023, inviting applications for recruitment of 245 civil judges, which included 92 “carried forward” vacancies. As per the notification, these 92 carried forward vacancies were to be filled by implementing the provision of reservation in accordance with Section 27 (f) the 2016 Act. The remaining 153 regular vacancies were be filled by following the general rule of reservation.
As per Section 27 (f) of the 2016 Act, if in any given year, vacancies reserved for categories such as the Backward Class, Backward Class Muslims, Most Backward Classes (MBC) and Denotified Tribes, and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes remain to be filled, then such reserved seats must not lapse, but must instead be filled in the next recruitment cycle.
Source: Barandbench
