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BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday met Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in presence of State Advocate General Prashant Singh in New Delhi, giving rise to speculations that the state government might approach Supreme Court in the matter of 27% quota for OBC communities.
Yadav wrote about the meeting on social media platform X in Hindi, which translates to “Today in New Delhi, I held a detailed discussion with India's Solicitor General, Shri Tushar Mehta, and the State's Advocate General, Shri Prashant Singh, regarding the legal aspects of the Hon'ble High Court's verdict on OBC reservation and the strategy for future legal proceedings.”
Though the approaching of Supreme Court was not mentioned, it is the logical legal recourse available to the government.
The meeting comes following the Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling of October 9, wherein the state government decision of March 2019 to enhance OBC quota in government recruitment and academic institutions was enhanced from 14% to 27% was struck down.
The ruling came by a Division Bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Vinay Saraf in the cases mainly filed by general category medical aspirants.
The High Court declared the recruitments under the OBC appointments made after September 29, 2022, the date on which the General Administration Department clarified the position on interim relief, null and void. Though, appointments between March 2019 and the above date were protected. These appointees will not be removed, and the additional posts will be adjusted in the next three recruitment drives, the court order said.
As for the later recruitments, the recruiting agencies, including the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission and the Employees’ Selection Board, were directed to declare results accordingly and fill the affected 13% posts (held back in anticipation of court decision) from the unreserved category.
(PIC COURTESY CM MOHAN YADAV'S X ACCOUNT)
