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Backward Classes Commission of Tamilandu
July 22 , 2020
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- The Tamil Nadu government has reconstituted its Backward Classes Commission.
- Retired Justice R Thanikachalam will head the Commission now.
- It is for examining requests of inclusion and complaints of over-inclusion or non-inclusion in the list of Other Backward Classes (OBC).
Background
- The first Backward Classes Commission in Tamil Nadu was formed on November 13, 1969 when the DMK was in power.
- It was known as Sattanathan Commission.
- Sattanathan Commission recommended the introduction of "Creamy Layer" among the OBC in the state.
- In pursuance of the direction of the Supreme Court in the Mandal Commission cases or Indira Sawhney cases in 1992, the State government had constituted a permanent Tamil Nadu Backward Classes Commission.
- It was formed under the Chairmanship of retired Justice K Shanmugam 1993.
- It is formed under Article 16(4) read with Article 340 of the Constitution of India.
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