No Gujjar quota for now in Rajasthan: SC
15 Nov 2017 11:28 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Reservation in jobs and education in Rajasthan has exceeded the 50 percent cap, and it cannot be stretched further, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, effectively freezing the state's bid to give quota to Gujjars for now. The quota for Gujjars cannot be implemented till High Court makes a decision, the top court said today.
The state government had promised 5 percent quota to Gujjars in August after yet another bout of agitation. It had planned to expand the reservation for Other Backward Classes from the present 21 per cent to 26 per cent to give 5 per cent reservation to Gujjars and other castes.
Currently, the total reservation in the state stands at 49 percent After the expansion; it would have crossed the 50 percent legal ceiling.
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