New Delhi: The Karnataka government on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that it would not implement its decision to scrap 4% quota for OBC Muslims “until further orders”.
Till then, the earlier quota regime would continue to “hold the field”.
The assurance was given by solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who on behalf of the state, informed a bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna that the impugned decision would not be implemented and no admission and appointment would be done by the Karnataka government on the basis of the notification till the next date of the hearing.
The assurance was given by the SG while seeking adjournment of hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the government’s decision.
The assurance was given by the SG while seeking adjournment of hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the government’s decision.
Seeking deferment of hearing, Mehta said he would not be able to assist the court because he would be busy be- fore a Constitution bench in the same-sex marriage case. His plea was strongly objected by the petitioners and senior advocate Sushant Dave sub- mitted that the case had been adjourned four times.
Dave submitted that the matter needed to be adjudicated at the earliest as statements on scrapping of reservation policy for the Muslim community were being made by politicians.
The bench, after recording the statement of solicitor general, deferred the hearing and posted it for May 9.
In the previous hearing on April 13, the apex court had prima facie remarked that the state’s decision to scrap the quota was based on “absolutely fallacious assumptions”.
“Karnataka government’s decision to raise 2% quotas for Vokkaliga, Lingayat each; scrapping 4% OBC quota for Muslims prima facie shaky and flawed,” the top court had observed.
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