States »SoutPosted at: Jul 26 2021 4:46PM Centre to decide soon on OBC quota for AIQ medical seats
Chennai, July 26 (UNI) The Centre today informed the
Madras High Court that it is on the verge of taking a
decision on implementation of Other Backward Classes
(OBC) reservation in State-surrendered medical seats
for the All India Quota (AIQ) in non-central medical
colleges in Tamil Nadu.
When the contempt petition filed by the DMK, which had
raised concerns that the OBC reservation may not be
implemented this academic year, despite the High Court's
earlier judgment, came up for hearing, Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta submitted that the Central government is on
the verge of taking a decision soon on the issue.
Appearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee
and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, Mr Tushar Mehta
assured the Court that the Central government is expected to
take a decision shortly.
The decision at the central level is at a very, very advanced
stage", he submitted.
The Court recorded the submissions and adjourned the case
to August 3.
The High Court had on July 27, 2020 directed constitution of
a Committee to work out how the OBC reservation could be
implemented from the academic year 2021-2022, with the
participation of the Central and State governments, Medical
Council of India and the Dental Council of India.
The DMK's contempt petition has been moved in the wake of
delays in implementing the OBC reservation during the present
academic year, in line with the July 2020 order.
During the last hearing on July 19, the High Court had made it
clear that the Centre cannot indefinitely delay implementation
of reservation for the OBCs in medical and dental seats
contributed to the AIQ by State government-run medical and
dental colleges every year.
The court said the Centre was bound to implement the reservation
from the 2021-22 academic year, and granted it a week’s time to
indicate the mode and manner of implementation and posted the
case to today, when Mr Mehta made the submissions on behalf of
the Centre.
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