Cal HC stays reservation for OBCs in IIM-Calcutta PG courses

Cal HC stays reservation for OBCs in IIM-Calcutta PG courses In a jolt to pro-reservationists, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed quota for OBCs in post- graduate courses in Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and stopped interview of OBC candidates for the same. Justice Maharaj Sinha, in an ex-parte interim order, granted the stay on a petition by Sayan Guha, a B-Tech student challenging the HRD ministry's memorandum and also the IIM-C interview scheduled for Thursday. The interim order stayed till 9th June the operation of the reservation clause of IIM prospectus and also the resolution of office memorandum dated 20th April, 2008 passed by the HRD ministry. The matter would come up for hearing again on 9th June. IIM-C had scheduled the special interview of OBC students following the HRD memorandum. Guha's counsels Kishore Dutta and Nilava Bandopadhyay told the court that the office memo and the subsequent reservation clause were in violation of the 10th April Supreme Court order on reservation of OBCs that had set a yardstick for such quotas and defined the creamy layer that would be out of the purview of reservation. They said while the apex court had directed that graduates would not be considered for reservation, the HRD ministry had in violation of that passed an office memo to the effect that OBC students would get reservation in post-graduate courses. No counsel appeared for the HRD ministry and IIM-C.

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