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In a bid to region disorder implicit implementation of interior preservation among the 101 Scheduled Castes (SCs) successful the State successful nationalist acquisition and employment, the Karnataka authorities connected Wednesday issued guidelines for issuing caller caste certificates to alteration them to unafraid preservation benefits.
The circular assumes value arsenic the recruitment process that had been frozen had restarted, but disorder connected caste certificates had hindered it.
While the authorities modified the recommendations of the committee headed by retired justice H.N. Nagamohan Das to portion up the 17% preservation for SCs into 3 categories, the disorder implicit the presumption of Adi Andhras, Adi Karnatakas, and Adi Dravidas persisted.
The authorities provided 6% to class A for Madigas and 16 related castes, 6% to class B for Holeyas and 19 castes, and 5% for 73 castes in class C.
The AA, AK, and AD category, with a colonisation of astir 4.7 lakh, which had been provided 1% preservation by the committee was to beryllium arsenic divided betwixt Category A and Category B.
One-time choice
Significantly, the circular connected Wednesday allowed the AA, AK, and AD colonisation to person a one-time choice betwixt Category A and Category B.
Despite providing enactment to enumerate themselves with their archetypal castes, astir 4.7 lakh identified themselves successful these 3 colonial-era caste nomenclature. They person to supply an affidavit successful this regard.
Those who person AD, AK, and AA certificates but cognize their archetypal castes should besides use with their archetypal castes and class to unafraid the caste certificates.
Basavaraj Kowthal, convener of the Forum for Social Justice successful Internal Reservation for Scheduled Castes, said that an estimated colonisation of astir 44 lakh person AD, AA, and AK certificates.
Where to apply
People belonging to 98 castes tin spell retired their castes and class to which these beryllium to and unafraid caste certificates astatine Atalji Kendras.
The certificates volition beryllium issued aft verification nether the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Reservation successful recruitment and others) Act, 1990, amended successful 2024 and 1992 rules.
Mr. Kowthal, who attended a gathering with officials connected Tuesday, said that interior preservation successful the predetermination to section bodies would besides beryllium notified soon on with apportionment of fiscal resources nether SCSP/ TSP.
