Financially Strong OBC & SC / ST Takes All the Advantage of Reservation : Supreme Court

New Delhi : In some districts of Andhra Pradesh, the Supreme Court has declared 100% reservation for Scheduled Tribes as unconstitutional. The court also warned all the state governments that in future they can never exceed the 50 percent reservation limit. Apart from this, the Supreme Court reiterated that the people who really need it are not getting the benefit of reservation.

The Supreme Court bench of five judges said that ‘People within reserved classes are troubled. Many people within the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are now socially and economically strong. Voices have been raised for social upliftment of the underprivileged persons of scheduled castes / tribes, but still the benefit of reservation is not reaching the needy.’ The court further said that this is violating the rights of reserved classes. In such a situation, a 5-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra cancelled the government order issued by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

What is the whole matter –
In the year 2000, Andhra Pradesh had given 100% reservation for teacher posts in some scheduled tribe majority districts. According to the order, only scheduled tribe people were to get teacher jobs in those districts. The Supreme Court has now quashed the order. The bench has also reiterated the Indira Sahni Judgment, according to which the reservation is constitutionally valid if they do not go beyond 50%.