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.
