PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
The Karnataka Cupboard on Thursday determined to promulgate an ordinance growing the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) reservation within the State. The Cupboard on October 8 accorded its formal approval to extend the SC/ST quota.
The ordinance, as soon as promulgated after the Governor’s assent, will enhance reservation for SCs from 15 to 17 per cent and for STs from 3 to 7 per cent. It will, nevertheless, take the reservation tally in Karnataka to 56 per cent, above the 50 per cent cap fastened by the Supreme Courtroom within the Indira Sawhney judgement. Therefore the federal government would suggest bringing the quota hike beneath the ninth Schedule of the Structure to offer it authorized safety, within the days to return. “Following the choice to reinforce the SC/ST reservation, we launched a invoice to this impact earlier than the cupboard, and it was determined to ship it to the Governor to promulgate an ordinance,” Legislation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy advised reporters right here after the cupboard assembly. The federal government had earlier determined to concern an government order climbing the quota. “We had earlier felt that government choice can be sufficient, however later realised that whether it is questioned in courtroom of regulation, it might result in points, so we’ve determined to herald an ordinance,” the Minister stated in response to a query.
The ordinance justifies the hike in reservation with an in depth observe citing varied sections of the Structure, Madhuswamy stated. “We’ve got pressured that there have been solely six castes in Karnataka beneath SC earlier, to which now 103 castes, nomads and slum-dwellers have been added, so the inhabitants has enormously raised, and because the Structure requires enough illustration we should give about 17 per cent reservation for SCs, therefore the choice,” he defined. Equally, following the inclusion of assorted communities like Nayakas and Naiks to ST, there may be huge addition to their inhabitants, and as they account to about 7 per cent, their reservation has been hiked accordingly, he added. The choice to extend SC/ST quota was following the advice from a fee headed by a retired choose of Karnataka Excessive Courtroom Justice H N Nagamohan Das.