The SC/ST is a distinct class identified by the Constitution and hence the reservation criteria prescribed for it cannot be termed arbitrary, the Bombay High Court has said refusing relief to a disabled civil services aspirant. The HC on February 4 dismissed the petition filed by 38-year-old city resident Dharmendra Kumar, who had challenged the Civil Services Examination Rules allowing …
The Odisha government on May 1 began the survey of people from the Other Backward Classes belonging to 210 castes in the State to determine their social and educational status, said an official. The Odisha State Commission For Backward Classes is conducting the survey across 314 blocks and 114 urban local bodies. State SC, ST and Backward Class Minister Jagannath …
The Naveen Patnaik government has set a target to complete a comprehensive survey of social and educational conditions of people belonging to Backward Classes, by second week of July. The Backward Class survey will be undertaken under the aegis of the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes, which has issued an exhaustive guideline and timeline about the survey, to all …
