OBC reservation: Centre moves SC, seeks recall of Dec. 17 order passed in Madhya Pradesh matter
The Hindu
The government has said that inadequate representation or non-representation of the OBCs has a two fold adverse impact.
The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of itsdirecting the State Election Commission (SEC) to stay the poll process on seats reserved for Other Backward Classes in the local body there and re-notify those seats for the general category.
In its application, the Centre has said that upliftment of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the OBCs has been the utmost priority of the government and inadequate representation of OBCs in local self-government defeats the “very object, intent and purpose of the very idea” of the de-centralisation of power and taking governance to the grass-root level.
It has also urged the apex court to direct the local body elections to be deferred for four months with a mandate to the State government to come out with the report of the commission and directing the SEC to hold the elections accordingly.
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