NEW DELHI: The new government at the center intends to amend the job reservation order of the V.P.Singh govt by providing reservation for the poorer among the backward classes and economically backward sections not covered by any reservation scheme the Supreme Court was told Thursday.
The additional solicitor general Altaf Ahmed told a five judge constitution bench presided over by chief justice Ranganath Misra that govt wanted to make certain amendments in consultation with political parties in the office memorandum of August 13, 1990 reserving 27% jobs to the backward castes in the central govt and public sector undertakings.
The court after hearing arguments from both sides adjourned the hearing toSept24 and declined to interfere with its year-old stay on the govt notification seeking implementation of the Mandal commission report.
The bench was hearing a challenge to the constitutional validity of the Mandal commission report and the central govt decision to implement it.
Besides Justice Misra the bench consisted of justice K.N. Singh Justice M. H.Kania Justice Kuldip Singh and Justice P.B.Sawant.
The additional solicitor general sought two months hearing of the case to evolve consensus among the political parties which was opposed by Justice Kuldip Singh Justice K N Singh and the counsel for the states of Bihar and Tamil Nadu Ram Jethmalani.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 16, 1991
