New Delhi, April 16
The IITs today gave a final word on the implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs, saying they would operationalise it within three years. The decision came after a meeting of the institute directors here today.
Surendra Prasad, IIT Delhi director, told that the IITs would implement the 27 per cent quota for OBCs, minus the creamy layer, in a period of three year in phases.
The institutes had decided to reserve 9 per cent seats each year in view of the inadequate infrastructure.
On the issue of creamy layer, Prasad said the government’s view and instruction would be followed. The social justice ministry had yesterday said reservations for OBCs in this year’s academic session would be based on the already-existing definition of creamy layer, which says sons and daughters of persons having family income of more than 2.5 lakh would have to be excluded from quota benefit.
The definition, with six criteria, was revised in 2004 and circulated through an office memorandum of the department of personnel and training.
There was no confusion on the creamy layer issue, social justice ministry officials told The Tribune yesterday.
The seven IITs, IT, BHU and ISM Dhanbad decided to increase their seats by 13 per cent in the current session to implement the OBC quota as per the Supreme Court’s order. The three new IITs to come up at Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan will, however, increase the
seats in one go as they can provide for enhanced infrastructure to accommodate students.
They have 120 seats each, Prasad said, adding that OBC quota would be extended to both graduate and postgraduate courses. The seven IITs have 4,000 seats. They will increase seats to about 4,500 in this session. This will be besides 360 seats to be offered by three new IITs, each of which has 120 seats.
Meanwhile, some teachers from Jamia Milia Islamia approached the National Commission for Minorities today asking it to restrain university authorities from implementing reservation for OBCs on grounds that the issue of university’s minority status was pending before it. Advocate Tarique Siddiqui said it was necessary to pass the order in view of the Supreme Court’s judgment.
