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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 42

SSC CHSL - 30 May 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q42

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In the case of Vikas KishanRao Gawali vs _________, in January 2021, the Supreme Court observed that OBC reservation cannot exceed 50%.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. State of Maharashtra.

  • The Supreme Court gave the triple-test formula to create OBC reservation in local body elections in the judgement of Vikas Kishanrao Gawali Vs. State of Maharashtra (2021).
  • The three tests laid down by the Supreme Court are:
    (1) to set up a dedicated Commission to conduct contemporaneous rigorous empirical inquiry into the nature and implications   of   the   backwardness  qua  local bodies, within the state; 
    (2) to specify the proportion of reservation required to be provisioned local body wise in light of recommendations of the Commission, so as not to fall foul of overbreadth; 
    (3) in any case such reservation shall not exceed aggregate of 50 per cent of the total seats reserved in favour of SCs/STs/OBCs taken together.