OBC body to listen to Jats
Vishwa Mohan, TNN | Mar 22, 2011, 04.58am IST
NEW DELHI: With Jats continuing to agitate for reservation in central
government jobs, the government has decided to change rules to allow
National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) – a central body
empowered to make such recommendation — examine the demand and receive
representation from the community.
"Rules governing the functioning of NCBC are required to be amended as
the existing provision does not permit the commission to review its
earlier order of denying reservation to Jats in central government
jobs," a senior official said.
He said rules could easily be changed through executive orders by the
ministry of social justice. It is expected to be done this week. The
change in rules will allow the commission to hear pleas of Jat
representatives and act accordingly, he added.
Officials privy to the decision, however, resisted from giving any
time-frame, saying it would depend on the commission which, being an
autonomous body, would take its own time considering many
socio-economic factors of the community.
The decision is, however, fraught with the danger of opening a
Pandora's box as it may pave the way for other castes to seek the same
status. Apart from Jats, there are a number of castes which get
reservation in one or the other state but are not included in the
central OBC list.
Meanwhile, the government's Crisis Management Group on Monday decided
to send over 1,000 RAF personnel to Haryana where the Jats continue to
disrupt rail and road traffic.
Premier trains make way for goods' movement: In a first in the history
of Northern Railways, at least five important express trains,
including the Kalka Shatabdi and the Himalayan Queen, have been
cancelled for two consecutive days on March 22-23 in order to allow
goods trains an uninterrupted run across the state of Haryana, Punjab
and Rajasthan. "We have been forced to take the decision after food
grains began to rot in various godowns in North India. The coal supply
in four power stations is now on the brink.
While the Barbela Power station is already shut, at least three others
are on the verge of a shutdown. Hence, we decided to go ahead and
allow the movement of essential commodities as otherwise lakhs of
people would have been inconvenienced at the cost of a few thousand,"
said a senior officer at Baroda House. "Due to Jat agitation, many
passenger and goods trains have been affected. This has resulted in
acute inconvenience to passengers and serious problem in the movement
of cargo trains," added the official. In all, a total of 54 trains
have been cancelled on Monday while another 73 trains have been
cancelled for Tuesday.
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