HC strikes down AP’s Muslim job quota

The Andhra Pradesh government’s move to provide five per cent reservation in jobs to Muslims suffered a setback today with the high cou...

The Andhra Pradesh government’s move to provide five per cent reservation in jobs to Muslims suffered a setback today with the high court here striking down its order.

The full bench, headed by Justice B Sudarshan Reddy, quashed the government order on the grounds that the report submitted by the state Minorities Commission in this connection was ‘‘not in order’’. The state did not consult the Backward Classes Commission before issuing the order, it noted.

The bench directed the government to constitute a Backward Classes Commission within three months to identify the eligible candidates among minorities for reservation.

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This commission, the bench directed, should also identify and evolve a mechanism to eliminate the creamy layer.

The government order was challenged by state VHP president T. Murlidhar Rao and a few students while a group of minority organisations joined the case as impleaded petitioners.

A division bench had earlier quashed the government order and referred the matter to the full bench, which heard arguments for 11 days before pronouncing the judgement.

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