MP Govt Implements 27% OBC Reservation

• 03 Sep 2021

Why in News

• On September 2, 2021, the General Administration Department of Madhya Pradesh issued orders to implement 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes.

Key Points

• By the Madhya Pradesh Public Service (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Amendment Act, 2019, the reservation percentage for the Other Backward Classes in the process of direct recruitment in public services and posts has been increased from 14 to 27 percent, which is effective from 8 March, 2019.
• Petitions have been filed in the High Court, Jabalpur challenging the increase in the reservation percentage of Other Backward Classes from 14 to 27 percent as provided in the said Order Amendment Act, 2019.
• It is noteworthy that the total population of Other Backward Classes of Madhya Pradesh is more than 51 percent.
• Legal opinion has been given by the Advocate General on August 25, 2021 in the prevailing cases regarding the said reservation of backward classes in the High Court, Jabalpur. He has given a clear opinion to take action in accordance with the provisions of 27 percent reservation for backward classes in all the examinations/recruitments except the cases mentioned in clause-5 of this legal opinion, MPPSC, medical education and recruitment of teachers.
• Along with this, the state government has appointed Gaurishankar Bisen as the chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Backward Classes Welfare Commission.
• Significantly, on August 15, 2021, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced the formation of Backward Classes Welfare Commission.