A batch of petitions were filed in the apex court challenging the state government’s ordinance to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs.
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- A bench directed the SEC to re-notify OBC seats as general category.
- A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar agreed to consider the petition on Wednesday this week.
The Maharashtra government has moved the Supreme Court to withdraw its order to the State Election Commission (SEC) to re-notify 27 per cent seats reserved for OBCs as general category seats in local body elections.
A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar agreed to consider the petition on Wednesday this week. Senior advocate Shekhar Naphade, representing the state government, asked the bench to hear the state government’s application to withdraw the court’s order.
On December 15, the Supreme Court ordered the SEC and the state government to convert 27 percent of the seats in district councils and panchayat samitis reserved for OBCs to the general category and issue a fresh notification. On 6 December, the Supreme Court stayed the Maharashtra government’s decision to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in local body elections, brought in by an ordinance, until further orders.
A batch of petitions were filed in the apex court challenging the state government’s ordinance to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBCs.
A bench headed by Justice Khanwilkar had directed the SEC to re-notify OBC seats as general category, so that elections to those seats could be held along with the election law for the remaining 73 per cent and the outcome of both the elections. to be declared simultaneously.
On 6 December, the top court had observed that 27 per cent OBC reservation cannot be implemented without setting up a commission and collating data for inadequacy of representation in local government.
“Without setting up the Commission and aggregating the contemporary empirical data to ascertain the extent of reservation required to be provided local body-wise, the State Election Commission would not be able to provide reservation for the OBC category notwithstanding the statutory provision in that regard.” Not open to.” Said in your order.
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