The Supreme Court ruled that the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is only ‘statutory’, unlike the ‘constitutional’ reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
It also said that if the reservation for SCs and STs were to consume the entire 50% of seats of SCs/STs/OBCs in the concerned local bodies, the question of providing further reservation to OBCs would not arise.
The quantum of reservation for OBCs ought to be local body specific.
A dedicated Commission has to be set up to conduct empirical inquiry into the nature and implications of the backwardness qua local bodies, within the State.
The proportion of reservation required to be provisioned local body wise would be specified in light of recommendations of the Commission.