Quota seats

Petitioners assailed seats reserved for such persons at the time of recruitment for the posts of Civil Judges cum Judicial Magistrates

Validity

Category of women and minorities could be considered to be a 'class' as envisaged in first proviso to Art.27(1) of the Constitution and the class was reasonable classification

Special quota fixed for women and non-Muslims was neither illegal nor unconstitutional

Though category/classification of disabled persons did not find specific mention in the Constitution but the same could be categorized as a 'class' in terms of first proviso to Art.27(1) of the Constitution and Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance, 1981, was also enacted by the Legislature

Challenge to special quota for disabled persons, therefore, failed and High Court declared that the same would be taken into consideration wherever applicable

Petition was allowed accordingly.