Constitution of India

Choose the Correct Answer

Correct Answer : Option d

Explanation
Article 16. Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.
Clause (1) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State.
Clause (2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect of, any employment or office under the State.
Clause (3) Nothing in this article shall prevent Parliament from making any law prescribing, in regard to a class or classes of employment or appointment to an office
Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956: the Government or any local or other authority within a State or Union territory, can prescribe any requirement of residence within that State or Union territory prior to such employment or appointment. Thus, option A was added to the constitution by an amendment.
Clause (4) State can make any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class of citizens which, in the opinion of the State, is not adequately represented in the services under the State. Thus, option d was not added by any amendment but a part of original constitution
Clause (4A) Constitution (Seventy-seventh Amendment) Act, 1995: State can make provisions regarding;
Constitution (Eighty-fifth Amendment) Act, 2001: for reservation in matters of promotion, with consequential seniority, to any class
For the reservation of posts or classes of posts in the services under the State in favour of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes which, in the opinion of the State, are not adequately represented in the services under the State. Thus, option b was added to the constitution by an amendment.
Clause (4B) Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment) Act, 2000: Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from considering any unfilled vacancies of a year which are reserved for being filled up in that year in accordance with any provision for reservation. Thus, option c was added to the constitution by an amendment.
Hence, Option d is the correct answer.