The bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and Anis, in its order on August 8, also noted that in an earlier case, the high court had clearly spelt out that reservations for persons excelling in sports, NCC, are not based upon any constitutional guarantee and such reservations, in reality, appear to be inventions made for the purpose of diluting the constitutionally guarantees granted to BCs, SCs and STs.
The petitioner, who appeared for Andhra Pradesh EAMCET-2016, had sought to declare the action of the respondents in not considering the persons who excel in games such as tennikoit, power lifting, netball, throwball, sepak takraw and boxing etc, as illegal and arbitrary and for consequential directions.
"It is sad to note that except video games, all other games that one could conceive of, have been brought within the sports quota, to enable persons, who cannot excel in academic studies, to gain admission to under-graduate medical courses through the back door," the bench said.
The persons who have interest in academics are kept out by less meritorious, due to such quotas not borne out of the constitutional scheme, it said.
Therefore, it is high time that there is rethinking on such quotas, which have no constitutional basis, the bench said, adding the reservation for such quotas neither helps the students to become great sports persons in life nor to become great professionals in other fields.