Part XVI · CHAPTER II.— PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS

Article 335 Claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to services and posts.

This article balances reservation with efficiency in the services. The claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are weighed against the efficiency of administration. The 82nd Amendment added that relaxed marks do not bar promotion. The bridge between social justice and administration is drawn here.

1. The claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration, consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration, in the making of appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State: Provided that nothing in this article shall prevent in making of any provision in favour of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes for relaxation in qualifying marks in any examination or lowering the standards of evaluation, for reservation in matters or promotion to any class or classes of services or posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State.

अनुच्छेद 335 हिन्दी में