SC to consider relief to Bengal for allowing reservation to 77 OBC communities
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, which is hearing the West Bengal government’s appeal against the high court’s decision to cancel its order to include 77 communities in the state’s list of other backward classes, has agreed to decide whether these communities can be permitted to receive quota benefits this year as an interim measure. The top court was hearing an appeal filed by the Bengal government challenging the May 22 decision of the Calcutta high court that scrapped the state’s decision to extend reservation in vacancies and admissions to 77 communities in the state within the 17% quota for OBC category. In August, the top court issued notice on the state’s appeal and asked the government to furnish the basis on which reservation benefits were extended to these communities. On Friday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the state along with advocate Astha Sharma said that a piquant situation has been created by the high court order as these communities are recognised as OBCs in the central list and even in neighbouring states.
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