AP moves SC for granting four pc reservation to Muslims

AP moves SC for granting four pc reservation to Muslims The Andhra Pradesh govt filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging the stay imposed by the State High Court on providing four percent reservations to backward Muslims in educational institutions. In its petition, the state government submitted that the reservation sought to be provided to backward Muslims was constitutionally valid and hence it is allowed to implement the reservation policy formulated under the AP Reservation in Favour of socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Muslims Act, 2007. On 29th April, 2008, a seven-judge bench of the State High Court had restrained the government from implementing the four percent quota for backward Muslims until the bunch of writ petition filed before it was disposed off. The state government in its SLP has claimed that the impugned Act was brought in after taking into consideration the report of the Andhra Pradesh Commission of Backward Classes on the basis of which the backward Muslims were identified for the purpose of extending the benefits of reservation. It was submitted that the four percent reservation sought to be extended to the backward Muslims would not in any manner exceed the 50 percent reservation quota cap as fixed by the apex court in the Indra Sawhney case. According to the state government, the benefit was sought to be extended as several Muslim groups like 'dhobis', 'fakeer', 'quereshi', 'hajm', 'turka kash' are traditional occupation groups similar to their counterparts in the Hindu community who have been extended similar benefits under the Backward Classes category.

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