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WB Govt Announces Quota for Backward Muslims in Jobs

Even as Andhra High Court quashes 4% reservation to Muslims in education and government jobs, the West Bengal government has announced 10 % quota in employment for the community under the OBC category, reported PTI.

The state government announced reservation quota for those Muslims who are educationally, socially and economically backward in the state, said report.

“We have decided to accept the recommendations of the Ranganath Mishra Commission and will take steps to implement it,” chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was quoted as saying without waiting for the Centre’s decision on the report.

He made the statement while talking to media persons at the state secretariat

Bhattacharjee said that like other states, West Bengal had reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs, said report.

He said that the state government had initiated the process of identifying Muslims who were educationally, socially and economically backward. There was 7 per cent reservation for OBCs in the state.

“After identification, we will provide reservation to them under the OBC category,” the chief minister was quoted as saying.

Earlier in the day, a Constitution bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down a state law providing 4 per cent reservation in educational institutions and jobs to 15 groups belonging to the Muslim community.

Soon after the court’s order, Andhra chief minister K Rosaiah directed the state advocate general D S R Murthy to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging the verdict.

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