Lateral Entry Scheme:
The Lateral Entry Scheme (LES), enabling private sector professionals to join senior bureaucracy on contract, faces legal and political dispute.Since 2019, 63 appointments have been made, but concerns over the lack of a statutory framework and reservations for marginalized communities persist.It challenged for conflicting with Article 309 of the Constitution which grants the authority to the appropriate legislature (Parliament, State legislatures) to enact laws regulating the recruitment and conditions of service for public servants
