Amid confusion over internal reservation, Karnataka SC/ST commission holds deliberations

Amid disorder implicit the interior preservation among Scheduled Castes, and simplification of wide preservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from 56% to 50% for recruitment to 56,432 posts, the Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes held deliberations with elder officials, erstwhile KPSC functionaries, and assemblage representatives connected Tuesday.

Besides treatment connected interior reservation, committee president L. Murthy elicited responses from the assemblage representatives connected varied issues.

A enactment said that the gathering had been convened to deliberate connected interior reservations for Scheduled Castes successful the airy of the Supreme Court’s directives regarding preservation policy.

Bogus certificates

“We highlighted the request to region disorder that is starring to bogus caste certificates pertaining to Bhovi and Maleyaru. With the SC preservation handbasket being crowded already, the committee was besides urged not to consider/recommend the summation of 4 much castes, including Kembattis and Mansas, arsenic recommended by the H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission,” a source, who attended the meeting, told The Hindu.

The request to delete Adi Karnatakas, Adi Dravidas, and Adi Andhras, which are groups of castes, was made, and the committee was urged to constitute to the Centre recommending their deletion since they person present been allowed to opt betwixt Category A (Madigas) oregon Category B (Holeyas), sources said.

50% cap

Further, sources said that it conveyed to the committee that breaching the 50% headdress connected preservation successful Karnataka’s lawsuit was valid since the colonisation of SC/ST successful Karnataka is astir 25%, and that the cap, arsenic per the Supreme Court, was not a watertight one.

Among those contiguous were Social Welfare Secretary D. Randeep, DPAR Secretary K. Jagadish, Law Secretary K.L. Ashok, Higher Education Secretary Khushboo Goel Chowdhary, erstwhile KPSC Chairman Gonal Bheemappa and a big of erstwhile KPSC members.