{"id":56615,"date":"2019-07-05T14:47:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T09:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56615"},"modified":"2019-07-05T14:47:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T09:17:41","slug":"centre-ups-move-on-obcs-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-ups-move-on-obcs-unconstitutional","title":{"rendered":"Centre : UP\u2019s Move on OBCs Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a rare pronouncement, the government on Tuesday termed \u201cunconstitutional\u201d &amp; \u201cinappropriate\u201d the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government\u2019s recent move to include 17 other backward class (OBC) communities in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list, stressing that only Parliament had the right to make such changes in caste lists as per the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe order that the UP government has issued is neither appropriate, nor constitutional. I will request them not to issue any caste certificates based on that order\u2026Else, the matter will go to courts &amp;be struck down, without anybody getting any benefit,\u201d said social justice &amp; empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot in Rajya Sabha.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-24.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"164\" data-attachment-id=\"56549\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/debate-over-uttar-pradesh%e2%80%89move-to-add-17-obc-castes-in-supreme-court-list\/download-24-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-24.jpg?fit=308%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"308,164\" 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=\"download (24)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-24.jpg?fit=308%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-24.jpg?resize=308%2C164&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-24.jpg?w=308&amp;ssl=1 308w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-24.jpg?resize=150%2C80&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-24.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a>This came after BSP leader Satish Chandra Misra raised the Yogi Adityanath-led government\u2019s directive on June 24 to district magistrates &amp; commissioners to issue SC certificates to the 17 OBC communities \u2014 Kashyap, Rajbhar, Dhivar, Bind, Kumhar, Kahar, Kewat, Nishad, Bhar, Mallah, Prajapati, Dhimar, Batham, Turha, Godia, Manjhi &amp; Machua \u2014 ahead of the by-elections to 12 assembly seats in UP.<\/p>\n<p>Gehlot, who is also the leader of Rajya Sabha, said the UP government should follow the proper procedure if it wanted go ahead with its proposal. \u201cIt must first send a proposal to the Centre\u2026we will then consider it. This matter has come to Parliament two-three times in the past also but was not agreed upon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Misra said the power to make changes in the SC list lies only with Parliament under sub-clause (2) of Article 341 of the Constitution. The BSP leader said the UP government had removed 17 castes from the OBC list but they were yet to be included in the SC list. 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