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Transgenders entitled to special quota for 3rd gender

Business Standard | 13/10/2022 03:17 PM | Click to read full article

The Madras High Court has held without "hesitation" that transgenders are entitled to a particular reservation for third gender viz., transgender category for admission to post-basic (nursing) and post-basic diploma in psychiatry nursing courses.

A separate category of merit list shall be prepared by the secretary consisting of only transgender candidates and based on the inter se merit among the transgender candidates, Justice R Suresh Kumar said.

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