2024-01-29 09:51:44
New Delhi: The Kerala government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court clarifying that the state’s position is to collect the necessary data from the Center for updating the reservation list. This is with a clear indication that no caste-specific survey is intended. The Chief Secretary said that the report sent by Kerala is not enough to identify the socially and socially backward sections of Kelam based on the letter given by the state. V. Venu informed in the affidavit.
Kerala’s affidavit states that the Centre’s failure to provide accurate data has affected the implementation of the court order. Minority Indians Planning and Vigilance Commission Trust Chairman V.K. Haris Biran, a lawyer, filed a contempt of court petition on behalf of Biran.
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In 2011, the center had collected the data as part of the census. The report was not published later. Later, Census Department also collected data through Rural Development Department. However, these were not handed over to the state government. Socio-Economic-Educational information in Kerala is important for the process related to updating the reservation list. The state is of the opinion that this can be collected from them considering that the Center has collected the information.
Due to covid, local and assembly elections, the Supreme Court extended the time to implement the order, but sufficient data was not transferred to the center. Subsequently, the state government wrote to the Center in November 2022 asking for the handover of the report. The report given by the Center was handed over to the Kerala State Backward Commission Chairman in May 2023. However, it did not contain sufficient information. There was no deliberate act to violate the order of the High Court or the directions of the Supreme Court. Neither the contempt petition nor the revision petition is maintainable. Therefore, these should be rejected at the consideration stage itself.-Kerala demanded.
It is alleged that the right to reservation given by the Constitution to Muslims, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other 70 backward communities in government jobs is being usurped by the progressives who are still in the backward list. In the Indira Sahni case, the Supreme Court had suggested that the reservation list should be reviewed and revised at regular intervals. The petition pointed out that not updating the list is a violation of this judgment. The Home Secretary, Kerala Chief Secretary and the State Backward Classes Commission are the opposite parties in the petition.
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Kerala government’s affidavit Supreme Court regarding updating Reservation List
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