GANGTOK, : State BJP president DR Thapa on Thursday said the recent Supreme
Court judgement will not affect the domicile-based reservations in Sikkim.
In
a press statement, Thapa said the Supreme Court’s judgement of January 29 in a
case concerns a limited question of whether State Medical Colleges are
permitted to grant residence based reservation for PG courses. The court held
that while domicile based reservation is permitted for MBBS, it is not
permitted for PG courses as they are specialist courses, he informed.
“The
effect of this judgement is only limited to medical PG courses in other States.
The court has interpreted the general principle of Article 14. Sikkim is an
exception to the general principle in the light of the non-obstante clause in
Article 371F. This exception is protected by the Supreme Court itself in the
case of State of Sikkim vs. Surendra Prasad Sharma and in RC Poudyal vs. Union
of India. Therefore, this judgement will not affect the domicile based
reservations in Sikkim,” said the State BJP president.
