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TN Reservation Policy
- Reservation works out to somewhat less than 69%, depending on how many non-reserved category students are admitted in the super numerary seats
A brief timeline of events 1946
- Reservation for Scheduled castes was increased from 8.33% to 12.33%
1946-48
- Reservation for Schedule Castes was expanded to 16.66%
1951
- 16% Reservation for SC/ST and 25% Reservation for OBCs introduced. Total Reservation Stood at 41%
1971
- Sattanathan Commission recommended Introduction of “Creamy Layer” and altering Reservation percentage for Backward Classes to 16% and separate reservation of 17% to Most Backward Classes (MBCs).
- DMK Government increased OBC reservation to 31% and Reservation for SC/ST has been increased to 18%. Total Reservation stood at 49%
1980
- ADMK government excludes “Creamy Layer” from OBC reservation benefits. Income Limit for availing Reservation benefit has been fixed at Rs 9000 Per Annum. DMK and other Opposition parties protested the decision.
- Creamy Layer scheme withdrawn and Reservation % for OBC has been increased to 50%. Total Reservation Stood at 68%
1989
- Statewide Road Blockade Agitations were launched by Vanniar Sangam (Parent Body of Pattali Makkal Katchi) demanding 20% reservations in State Government and 2% Reservations in Central Government exclusively for Vanniyar Caste.
- DMK Government Split OBC reservations as 2 Parts with 30% for OBC and 20% for MBC. Separate Reservation of 1% introduced for Scheduled Tribes. Total Reservation percentage stood at 69%.
1992
- Supreme Court, in Mandal Judgement, reiterated that Reservation percentage cannot exceed 50% and “Creamy Layer” to be excluded from Reservation benefits.
1994
- Court instructed Tamil Nadu Government to follow 50% reservations in the case filed by famous lawyer K. M. Vijayan on behalf of VOICE Consumer forum.
- Anandakrishnan, one of the members of Oversight committee, and then Anna University Vice-Chancellor announced that 50% reservation will be followed.69% Reservation was included in 9th Schedule. K. M. Vijayan was brutally attacked and maimed while leaving to New Delhi to file case in Supreme Court against inclusion of 69% reservation in 9th Schedule.
May 2006 -August 2006
- Anti Reservation Protests intensified in many parts of India. Pro reservationists claim protests were intensified by media bias.”Tamil Nadu stayed calm. This is attributed to low percentage of Forward castes in Tamil Nadu (13%) as against 36% in India.
April 2008On 10 April 2008,
- the Supreme Court of India upheld the law that provides for 27% reservation for Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in educational institutions supported by the Central government, while ruling that the creamy layer among the OBCs should be excluded from the quota
Reasons for the present system
- 87 pc of population is backward
- Dravidian politics from early 1900 was very vocal against brahmins and other upper castes
- The political power in the state revolves around the backward classes
- No reasonable objections from upper caste
The 10% Quota in TN – A Different Ballgame
- 79% doesn’t seem much in Tamil Nadu because the population of forward castes in Tamil Nadu is lesser compared to other states
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