UP varsity may be exempt from giving quota to OBCs
Akshaya Mukul, TNN, Jun 14, 2010, 02.16am IST
NEW DELHI: In a move that could stir OBC politics in the Hindi
heartland, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) in Lucknow, a
central university, is being exempted from giving reservation to OBCs
in admission.
Till now, BBAU has not been giving reservation to OBCs as SC/ST quota
already meets the upper limit of 50%. For long, denial of reservation
to OBCs has been a issue in BBAU.
Exemption from OBC reservation to BBAU and other kinds of exemptions —
all related to quota — to central educational institutions in the
north-east states are part of the series of amendments proposed in the
Central Educational Institutions (reservation in admission) Amendment
Act.
The amendment proposal does not mention BBAU but most of the
exemptions, sources said, were specific to one institution or the
other. For instance, the amendment seeks to bring down OBC reservation
to less than 27% in states like Tripura and Sikkim where SC/ST
reservation is around 34%. Here, reservation for OBCs will be only
16%.
There is also a proposal to apply reservation policy of the state
government to state seats in a central educational institution. Last
year, a peculiar situation had arisen in National Institute of
Technology, Agartala and HRD ministry had to protect state reservation
through a presidential order.
The amendment defines "north-east" to cover all north-eastern states
including Sikkim but excludes the non-tribal areas of Assam. This has
been done since two central universities — Tezpur University and Assam
University — are in non-tribal areas and will be able to implement 27%
OBC reservation.
The amendment also seeks to extend the period of implementing
reservation from three years to six years. Now, all central
educational institutions and universities will have time till 2012.
This has been done so that universities like Jamia Milia Islamia can
implement OBC reservation.
For the last three years, JMI has been defying HRD ministry on
reservation. With concerted attempt to give it a tag of minority
institution, it is unlikely that reservation in JMI will become a
reality soon.
The amendment also proposes to increase the number of seats in
unpopular branches of study or faculty.
The proposal says increase will be with reference to the number of
seats in that subject in the year OBC reservation came into force or
the number of seats actually filled, whichever is less.
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