Madhya Pradesh High Court Refuses To Vacate Stay On Raising OBC Reservation To 27%
Live LawThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to vacate a stay order on an ordinance seeking to increase the reservation for Other Backward Classes from 14 per cent to 27 per cent in the State. The state government had moved the Court seeking to vacate the stay which affects the admission to post graduate medical courses.On hearing both the parties, a Division Bench of Chief Justice. Subsequently, the Ordinance was repealed and replaced with the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Amendment Act, 2019, amending Section 4 and of the 1994 Act giving effect to the increased per cent of reservation for the OBC category. However, the Court clarified that the interim order would not be applicable regarding 10% reservation carved out for the economically weaker sections in the General Category as per the 103rd Amendment Act, 2019.