TABLE OF CONTENT

Ch. Title Pg.no.

No.
1 INTRODUCTION 3
1.1 The Background 3
1.2 Definition of SC & ST in the Constitution 5
1.3 Constitutional Safeguards 6
1.4 Reservations in Services/posts 6
1.5 Important aspects of the scheme of reservation for Scheduled 9
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
2 CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON RESERVATION POLICY IN INDIA 24
2.1 Constitutional Provisions 27
2.1.1 Right to Equality-Article 14 28
2.2 Percentage of reservation 30
2.3 Reservation In Direct Recruitment 31
2.4 Percentage of reservation in promotion 33
3 RESERVATION – A MISUNDERSTOOD NECESSITY 38
4 PAST BASIC STRUCTURE CHALLENGES RELATING TO 46
RESERVATION
5 LEGAL INFIRMITIES IN THE 103rd AMENDMENT 53

6 IMPACT OF RESERVATION 61
7 CONCLUSION 70