⚖️ A decisive victory for OBC justice after years of struggle. 💪 I welcome the Hon'ble Supreme Court's judgment clarifying OBC Non-Creamy...
M.K. Stalin welcomed a Supreme Court judgment clarifying how the OBC Non-Creamy Layer is determined, saying it protects genuine OBC candidates from wrongful exclusion. He criticised the NDA government's stance in the case and its introduction of the EWS quota, and urged the Union Government to create supernumerary civil service seats for affected OBC candidates.
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⚖️ A decisive victory for OBC justice after years of struggle. 💪
I welcome the Hon'ble Supreme Court's judgment clarifying OBC Non-Creamy Layer determination.
🔷 Salary income cannot be equated with income from business or property for creamy layer 🔷 Shields genuine OBC aspirants from wrongful exclusion 🔷 Upholds High Court rulings on Civil Services eligibility 🔷 Rejects hostile discrimination across employment sectors 🔷 Reaffirms reservation’s goal of remedying social backwardness
However, the NDA government defended a position that could have excluded many genuine OBC candidates and introduced the EWS quota, departing from the constitutional basis of reservations.
Even today, after three decades of Mandal, many OBC posts remain unfilled in premier institutions and the Union government.
DMK has consistently fought for social justice, including securing 27% OBC reservation in the All India Quota of medical seats. Our pursuit of #SocialJustice continues.
I urge the Union Government to create supernumerary seats for OBC candidates who cleared the Civil Services Examination but were denied their rightful place, and rectify this injustice in the spirit of constitutional equality.
#ReservationIsOurRight
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K. Stalin welcomed a Supreme Court judgment clarifying the determination of the Non-Creamy Layer for Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation, stating it rules that salary income cannot be equated with income from business or property for creamy-layer purposes. He said the judgment shields genuine OBC aspirants from wrongful exclusion, upholds earlier High Court rulings on Civil Services eligibility, and reaffirms reservation's constitutional goal of remedying social backwardness. Stalin criticised the NDA-led Union Government for defending a position in court that could have excluded many genuine OBC candidates, and for introducing the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota, which he said departs from the constitutional basis of reservations. He noted that even three decades after the Mandal Commission, many OBC posts remain unfilled in premier institutions and the Union Government. Citing DMK's role in securing 27% OBC reservation in the All India Quota of medical seats, Stalin urged the Union Government to create supernumerary seats for OBC candidates who cleared the Civil Services Examination but were denied placement, calling it a matter of constitutional equality.