AIADMK, DMK APPEAL AGAINST CENTRE
SC verdict on 50% OBC quota in med intake tomorrow
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 25.10.2020
The Supreme Court will pass the final verdict on Monday in a case moved by political parties from Tamil Nadu, including the ruling AIADMK and the DMK, challenging the Centre’s decision not to grant 50% reservation to OBCs in medical seats surrendered by the state in the All India Quota (AIQ) for undergraduate, postgraduate and dental courses in 2020-21.
The Madras high court, on July 27, directed the Centre to constitute a committee to decide on providing reservation to other backward class students in AIQ medical admission. The court, however, had said any decision of the committee would be applicable only for future academic years and not this one, after which the state government appealed in SC.
The Centre last week informed SC that it is not possible to extend reservation benefits to OBCs in medical and dental seats under AIQ in Tamil Nadu this year.
The DMK too filed an intervening petition and its counsel stated that the Centre was intruding in the states’ commitments on medical seats to students. The DMK had also sought for filing of a report by the committee as directed by the Madras high court by October 27.
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