Now, Reservation in IIMs and IITs 49.5%

Posted by arnold

April 29, 2008

Reservation in IITs/IIMs and central universities will go up to 49.5% (7.5% STs; 27% OBCs, 15%: SCs) from the accessible 22.5%. In a major judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the legislation providing 27% quota for other backward castes (OBCs) in centrally funded educational institutions that includes all IITs and IIMs.

However, the cheaply well off, also known as the “creamy layer” from amongst the OBCs, however, will stay at the rear out of the quota’s ambit. A review of the quota’s persistence would have to be done every five years, the top court said.

The first to be impacted by the vital judgment were the 1,500 students getting ready for the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country. Within hours of the verdict coming in, the six IIMs determined to postpone admission of fresh batches and wait for the central government direction on 27 percent rider for OBCs.

The worktable, including Justices Arijit Pasayat, C.K. Thakkar, R.V. Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari, also sought a time-bound review every five years of the effect of the law on the society. The creamy layers among the OBCs that would not be entitled for the quota include sons and wards of serving as well as former presidents, vice president, prime ministers, ministers, chief ministers, judges of the Supreme Court and high courts, bureaucrats and commissioned military officers.

As disappointment boost in campuses all over the country, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Arjun Singh said Thursday that the verdict would not power “any other category of students”. The minister guaranteed students that the percentage of seats would be increased in places like the IIT and IIM.

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