As per the case facts, the High Court directed the State to issue a fresh notification for reservations, including a percentage for children/grandchildren of terrorist/Sikh riot affected persons in private ... unaided non-minority medical/dental institutions, and also directed a sports quota in government colleges. The State of Punjab appealed these directions. The question arose whether the High Court had the authority to issue a writ of mandamus directing the State to provide such reservations and quotas. Finally, the Supreme Court disposed of the issue regarding reservation for affected persons as academic but quashed and set aside the direction for a sports quota, observing that no writ of mandamus could have been issued by the High Court for this purpose.