As per the case facts the Union of India appealed against orders from the Central Administrative Tribunal and High Courts that mandated a separate zone of consideration for promoting Scheduled ... Caste Scheduled Tribe candidates to certain posts The High Court and Tribunal erred by not determining if there was a special recruitment drive for backlog vacancies and by applying criteria meant for ad hoc promotions to regular promotions The appeal to the Supreme Court sought to challenge these directives The question arose whether a separate zone of consideration for promoting reserved category candidates is appropriate and whether the High Court and Tribunal correctly applied promotion criteria in the context of backlog vacancies and regular promotions Finally the Supreme Court found the High Courts' orders erroneous and legally unsustainable It set aside the orders for regular promotion by extending the zone of consideration stating that such an exercise becomes redundant for backlog vacancies since all candidates would inherently belong to the same reserved category The Court further clarified that ad hoc promotions operate under different criteria than regular promotions

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