First woman chief justice of Delhi high court to head panel on OBC sub-categorisation
October 3 , 2017 2610 days 1214 0
The President of India appointed the panel on 02.10.2017, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 340 of the Constitution appointed a Commission to examine the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes
The decision to appoint the commission follows the August 23 Cabinet decision to examine the extent of inequitable distribution of benefits of reservation amongst caste, communities, included in the broad category of OBC.
At present, there is no sub-categorisation and 27 per cent reservation is a monolithic entity.
Sub categorization of the OBCs will ensure that the more backward among the OBC communities can also access the benefits of reservation for educational institutions and government jobs.
The composition of the Commission is as follows:
Chairperson - Justice (Retd.) G. Rohini,
Member - Dr. J.K. Bajaj
Member(Ex-officio)- Director, Anthropological Survey of India,
Member (Ex-officio)- Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India
Secretary of the Commission- Joint Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
The Commission is required to present their Report to the President within a period of twelve weeks of assumption of charge by the Chairperson of the Commission.