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Definition :

Reservation, a keeping aside or providing. See SACRAMENT. Reservation of the Sacrament is an offence punishable by deprivation, Oxrofd (Bishop) v. Henly, 1909 P. 319.

As to a reservation in a conveyance and how it differs from an exception, see title EXCEPTION.

Reservation is not a constitutional compulsion but is discretionary according to the ruling of this Court in Rajendran's case. State of Kerala v. N.M. Thomas, AIR 1976 SC 490: (1976) 2 SCC 310: (1976) 1 SCR 906.

'Reservation' was something different from the 'selection' of permissible area. The two terms were not only not synonymous but were mutually exclusive. 'Selection' of permissible area was allowed only to a landlord who had not exercised his right of 'reservation', Lajpat Rai v. State of Punjab, AIR 1981 SC 1401: (1981) 3 SCC 94: (1981) 3 SCR 590.

The creation of a new right or interest, by and for the grantor, in real property being granted to another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1309.

Mans the reservation of post in the services for the members of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Special Backward Category and Other Backward Classes, the Maharashtra State Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes, De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) Nomadic Tribes, Special Backward Category and other Backward Classes) Act, 2001, s. 2(k).