Religion, Caste And Tribe Based Reservation - 3

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>SC to hear petition on reservation</b>NDTV Correspondent
Monday, May 29, 2006 (New Delhi):

The Supreme Court will hear a petition that seeks regular reviews of reservation and definition of the term 'creamy layer' used in the issue.

Lawyer Ashok Thakur filed the petition which also points out that India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was against reservations.

The petition says quotas infringe on fundamental rights of citizens and they should be judicially reviewed.

<b>Caste-employment ratio </b>
<b>According to the National Sample Survey data the share of employment of SC, STs and OBCs is already proportionate to their share of population, the petition points out.</b>

The current statistics on OBCs are outdated, incorrect, or fictitious as the last caste survey was conducted in 1931.

If recommendation for reservation is to be accepted there must be new survey to get percentage of OBCs in population.

<b>If proposal for reservation is implemented, the chances for college admission for SC and ST will be a 117 percent and OBCs will be 94 percent, according to the petition. </b>
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