High Court Cancels Bengal's Backward Classes Certificates Granted Since 2011
NDTV
The Calcutta High Court has cancelled all certificates to Other Backward Classes issued in Bengal since 2011 under the Trinamool Congress administration, calling them "illegal". This, however, would not affect the jobs held currently by the people, the court said. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she "will not accept" the order, which takes away the rights granted to the Tapashili community.
The court struck down reservation for several communities as Other Backward Classes under a new law of the state government passed in 2012.
Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Rajasekhar Mantha, however, said the executive orders of the state government classifying 66 classes of OBC before 2010 were not interfered with, since these were not challenged in the petitions.
