The West Bengal government is going to conduct a fresh survey to identify the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state
The state government has added 77 communities, 75 of which were the Muslim, between 2010 and 2012 to its list of OBCs.
The additions issues have reached the Calcutta High Court, and in 2024 it struck down the additions.
It had struck down the portions of the West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) (the Reservation of Vacancies in Services and Posts) Act, 2012.