{"id":55110,"date":"2019-01-10T15:50:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T10:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55110"},"modified":"2019-01-10T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T10:20:19","slug":"inclusion-of-castes-in-obc-group-bombay-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/inclusion-of-castes-in-obc-group-bombay-high-court","title":{"rendered":"Inclusion of castes in OBC group:  Bombay High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/reservation.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"55114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/inclusion-of-castes-in-obc-group-bombay-high-court\/reservation-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/reservation.jpg?fit=298%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"298,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"reservation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/reservation.jpg?fit=298%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55114\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/reservation.jpg?resize=298%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/reservation.jpg?w=298&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/reservation.jpg?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>The Bombay High Court Wednesday sought to know if the Maharashtra government had conducted any study or survey before issuing a notification in 1967 inducting several castes in the OBC category for reservation.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of Chief Justice N H Patil and Justice N M Jamdar was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by activist B A Sarate challenging the inclusion of several castes in the Other Backward Class (OBC) group.<\/p>\n<p>Sarate&#8217;s counsel V M Thorat told the HC that out of the 96 castes included in the OBC category, nearly 40 per cent were not even eligible for reservation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inclusion of these castes is unconstitutional. There is a procedure laid down while deciding which caste should be included in a particular category for reservation. The government is not following this procedure,&#8221; Thorat said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench then sought to know if the government had carried out any study or survey before issuing the Government Resolution (GR) in 1967 inducting a particular caste in the OBC category.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner has challenged the GR enlisting 180 castes and sub-castes for inclusion in the OBC category, and also another GR, dated March 1994, which increased the OBC quota percentage from 14 per cent to 32 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The petition claimed that various castes or communities were included in the OBC category without any survey, quantifiable data, investigation to determine the social, educational and economic backwardness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has to be a comprehensive commission to carry out study and collect data. This is what the petition also seeks,&#8221; Chief Justice Patil said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench then directed that the petition be placed for hearing before an appropriate bench next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court Wednesday sought to know if the Maharashtra government had conducted any study or survey before issuing a notification in 1967 inducting several castes in the OBC category for reservation. 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