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OBC QUOTA A BOON OR A BANE

The Supreme Court of India in its landmark judgment of April 10th on OBC quota has barred reservations in Post-Graduate courses and has excluded creamy layer from the benefit. This was long over due as the basic purpose of reservation is the social and economic upliftment of the backward classes.
The government interpreted that reservation quota will cover Post-Graduate courses and have issued orders on 20th April that OBC students would get reservation in
Post-Graduate courses including IIMs.
The whole situation is fluid as an association has already moved Delhi High Court restraining the government from providing quota for OBC students in higher educational institutions, including IIMs. The Kolkata High Court has already stayed interviews of candidates in IIM Kolkata under 27% OBC but the institute went ahead with the interviews saying that it would honour the court's order by withholding the results. The government in the meantime moved the Supreme Court seeking suspension of the restrained order.
A chaotic condition is prevailing for implementing 27% OBC in university admission also as infrastructure and funds are not available and the government is compelling to implement it in one go to gain political advantage in the elections slated early next year. The controversy of implementing OBC reservation in Post-Graduation courses is also going on and it appears that continuing with SC / ST and OBC reservations will encourage people to aspire for backwardness and it is likely to push the country towards a cast divided society instead of bringing forward socially and educationally backward classes.
We have full faith in judiciary and wish that the government should also respect judiciary which is capable of solving ticklish problems like reservations to logical ending.

                                                                                                    Mrs. Nirmala Gupta