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 Kolkata:After the Andhra Pradesh
High Court quashes the reservation for muslims in jobs , the West
Bengal government announced 10 per cent quota in
employment for the community under the OBC category.
The state government declared the quota for the Muslims
who were educationally, socially and economically backward in
the state.
"We have decided to accept the recommendations of the
Ranganath Mishra Commission and will take steps to implement
it," Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told .
Like other states there was reservation for
SCs, STs and OBCs in the state. The government had
begun the process of identifying Muslims who were
educationally, socially and economically backward. There was 7
per cent reservation for OBCs in the state.
The Chief minister said "After identification, we will provide reservation to
them under the OBC category," Earlier in the day, a Constitution bench of the Andhra
Pradesh High Court struck down a state law providing 4 per
cent reservation in educational institutions and jobs to 15
groups belonging to the Muslim community.
Soon after the court's order, Chief Minister K Rosaiah
directed the state advocate general D S R Murthy to file a
special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging the
verdict. On February one, the ruling Left Front had endorsed
the Ranganath Mishra panel recommendations for job reservation
for minorities.
Left Front chairman Biman Bose had said that
reservation was wanted for socially and economically backward
Muslims and not on the basis of religion.
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Updated :
Monday, 08 Feb 2010, 16:51 [IST] |
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