Regarding public employment under Article 16, what is the constitutional rationale behind excluding the Creamy Layer from availing the benefits of reservation, as affirmed in the Indra Sawhney judgment?

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In the Indra Sawhney vs. Union of India (1992) case, the Supreme Court held that the backward classes cannot be identified solely on economic criteria, but the Creamy Layer can be excluded on economic grounds because their advanced status indicates they no longer suffer from the social backwardness that reservation aims to remedy. This exclusion ensures equitable distribution of benefits among the true beneficiaries.

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