Ajit Singh And Ors vs State Of Punjab And Ors on 16 September, 1999
(4A) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for reservation in matters of promotion, with consequential seniority, to any class or classes of posts in the services under the State in favour of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes which, in the opinion of the State, are not adequately represented in the services under the State.
During the course of arguments, when the counsel was confronted with the position aforesaid, he could not further support his contention based upon catch-up rule evolved by the Honble Supreme Court in the judgments referred to above.