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The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet connected Monday (May 18, 2026) approved the enactment of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) committee for the three-tier agrarian bodies.
The OBC sheet volition person 5 members, with a retired precocious tribunal justice arsenic the Chairperson, for a word of six months. They volition beryllium tasked with determining the reserved spot allocations wrong the agrarian bodies.
The connection for the enactment of the 'Uttar Pradesh State Local Rural Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission' ('Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sthaniya Gramin Nikaay Samarpit Pichhada Varg Aayog') was approved during a Cabinet gathering presided implicit by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath present connected Monday.
This was the archetypal furniture gathering aft the May 10 enlargement of the Council of Ministers headed by Mr. Adityanath.
The past panchayat elections successful the State were held successful 2021 and could beryllium held aboriginal this year.
The State authorities volition name members to the sheet with cognition of matters related to backward classes, with 1 of them a retired precocious tribunal justice who volition beryllium the chairperson, according to the connection that was presented successful the Cabinet meeting.
The tenure of the Chairperson and members of this committee shall beryllium for a play of six months from the day of their assignment and whitethorn beryllium extended if necessary.
According to the connection by a elder authoritative of the Panchayati Raj Department, the dedicated State committee for the backward classes wrong section agrarian bodies is successful compliance with orders passed by the Supreme Court.
It is being acceptable up with the nonsubjective of providing reservations successful the three-tier panchayat bodies successful the State of Uttar Pradesh.
This committee has been entrusted with the work of ensuring proportional reservations for radical belonging to Other Backward Classes successful the agrarian bodies. The mandate involves carrying retired the indispensable procedures to find the allocation of reservations for assorted posts wrong the three-tier panchayats.
As per the proposal, the State authorities shall, by an order, reserve seats and offices successful each 3 levels of the panchayat bodies for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes.
The preservation for the Backward Classes shall not transcend 27% of the full fig of offices successful the three-tier panchayats. Furthermore, if colonisation information for the Backward Classes is unavailable, their colonisation whitethorn beryllium determined by conducting a survey successful the prescribed manner, it said.
