Published on : 06 Oct 2025, 2:29 pm 3 min read

The Delhi High Court on Monday expressed disappointment over the Union and Delhi governments' failure to formulate a policy for providing reservation to transgender persons in public employment despite a 2014 Supreme Court order.

The Supreme Court had in 2014 in National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) vs. Union of India & Ors directed the Central and State governments to take steps to treat transgender people as socially and educationally backward classes of citizens and extend to them all kinds of reservation in educational institution-admissions and public appointments.

Today, the High Court took note of the issue when it was hearing a writ petition filed by a transgender person for reservation in recruitment to the post of a

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