People with more than two children will not be eligible for government jobs in Rajasthan – this 1989 state law has now got the approval of the Supreme Court.
Hearing a petition challenging this, the judges said, this rule is not discriminatory.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and KV Vishwanathan, in an order on February 20, said this falls within the scope of policy and “there is no need to interfere in it.”
The bench upheld the decision of Rajasthan High Court dated October 12, 2022 and rejected the petition of former soldier Ramji Lal Jat.
After retiring from defense services in January 2017, the soldier had applied for the post of constable in Rajasthan Police in May 2018.
But her application was rejected under the Rajasthan Police Subordinate Services Rules, 1989, because she had more than two children after June 1, 2002.
The court said it had earlier approved similar rules to promote family planning for contestants in panchayat elections.
