- (1.) The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (the Corporation) held selections for the posts of Assistant Stores/purchase officers in the year 1972. The first four candidates selected in order of merit were as under: 1. Shri A. M. Khan 2. Shri S. S. Shirol 3. Shri K. G. Doddamani 4. Shri B. K. Doreswamy
(2.) The reservation for Scheduled Castes/scheduled Tribes and other backward classes was regulated in the State of Karnataka by the government instructions dated 6/9/1969. Annexure-1 to the said Instructions provides classification and rotation of vacancies for open competition/backward classes/scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the following manner : 1. Scheduled Tribes 2. Scheduled Castes 3. Backward Classes 4. Open competitionpara 6 of the Instructions is as under : "When a person belonging to Scheduled Tribes, the Scheduled castes or other backward classes is not available for being selected for a vacancy reserved for such class, such vacancy shall be filled by selection on the basis of general merit. "
(3.) The above mentioned four selected candidates were appointed as assistant Stores/purchase Officers by the order dated 19-11-1972. The appointments were in the following order : A. M. Khan (General Category) B. K. Doreswamy (Scheduled Caste) S. S. Shirol K. G. Doddamani;