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Rajasthan High Court orders fresh SI 2016 merit list, mandates 50% reservation compliance
✍️ Amar Ujala · Jaipur
🗓 30 Oct 2026, 01:17 PM
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The Rajasthan High Court directed the state government and RPSC to recompute category‑wise vacancies and publish a new merit list for the 2016 Sub‑Inspector recruitment within 180 days, ensuring the 50% reservation ceiling is respected.
Jaipur, Oct 30 — A bench of the Rajasthan High Court, headed by Justice Ashok Kumar Jain, has ordered the state government and the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) to redo the category‑wise calculation of vacancies for the 2016 Sub‑Inspector (SI) recruitment and issue a fresh merit list within 180 days.
The court’s directive emphasizes strict adherence to the statutory ceiling that reservation cannot exceed 50 % of the total posts. The commission must ensure that the revised list reflects this limit across all categories.
Candidates who were placed on the earlier merit list may see their positions altered as the recalculation proceeds. The order aims to rectify alleged discrepancies in the original computation and to uphold the principle of equitable reservation.
The High Court’s intervention comes after petitions highlighted that the previous list potentially breached the 50 % reservation cap, prompting judicial scrutiny of the selection process.
The court’s directive emphasizes strict adherence to the statutory ceiling that reservation cannot exceed 50 % of the total posts. The commission must ensure that the revised list reflects this limit across all categories.
Candidates who were placed on the earlier merit list may see their positions altered as the recalculation proceeds. The order aims to rectify alleged discrepancies in the original computation and to uphold the principle of equitable reservation.
The High Court’s intervention comes after petitions highlighted that the previous list potentially breached the 50 % reservation cap, prompting judicial scrutiny of the selection process.