Haryana to implement sub-classification of Scheduled Castes for quotas
This makes Haryana the first state to put into action the Supreme Court’s August 1 ruling allowing the sub-categorisation of the group.
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Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that the state government will implement the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes for providing reservations, the Hindustan Times reported.
This makes Haryana the first state to put into action the Supreme Court’s August 1 ruling that allowed for the sub-classification of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories for the purpose of reservation.
The state government took the decision at the first meeting of the new Cabinet on Friday, a day after Saini took oath as the chief minister. This came a week after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Haryana election by clinching 48 seats in the 90-member Assembly.
“The council of ministers today decided to implement sub-classification of Scheduled Castes into two categories as per the decision of the Supreme Court,” the chief minister said. “The sub-classification will be applicable from today.”
Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Haryana Scheduled Castes Commission in August had recommended categorising Scheduled Caste communities into two categories: Deprived Scheduled Castes and Other Scheduled Castes.
While the Deprived Scheduled Castes included 36 groups such as the Balmikis, the Dhanaks, the Mazhabi Sikhs and the Khatiks, the Other Scheduled Castes include the Chamars, the Jatia Chamars, the Rehgars, the Raigars, the Ramdasis, the Ravidasi and the Jatavs, according to the Hindustan Times.
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