India, Dec. 3 -- The Orissa High Court has ruled that reservation provisions need not apply to recruitment for positions in super speciality medical disciplines, upholding a 2021 advertisement by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) that did not provide quota benefits for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates.

Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy on Monday dismissed two writ petitions filed by Dr Nihar Ranjan Biswal and Dr Sambit Kumar Behera, both from reserved categories, who had challenged the recruitment process for Assistant Professor posts in super speciality disciplines under the Odisha Medical Education Service cadre.

The petitioners argued that the advertisement violated Rule ...