Constitution of India, 1949
236.Special provision for Anglo-Indian
community in certain services.-
(1) During the first two years after the
commencement of this Constitution, appointments of members of the Anglo-Indian
community to posts in the railway, customs, postal and telegraph services of
the Union shall be made on the same basis as immediately before the fifteenth
day of August, 1947.
During every succeeding period of two years,
the number of posts reserved for the members of the said community in the said
services shall, as nearly as possible, be less by ten per cent than the numbers
so reserved during the immediately preceding period of two years:
Provided that at the end of ten years from the
commencement of this Constitution all such reservations shall cease.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall bar the
appointment of members of the Anglo-Indian community to posts other than, or in
addition to, those reserved for the community under that clause if such members
are found qualified for appointment on merit as compared with the members of
other communities.