New Delhi: The creamy layer of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs, STs) too will get the benefit of quota, a Group of Ministers (GoM) decided on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court had on October 19 excluded the creamy layer from the "purview of reservation in public employment and promotions."
The GoM on reservation of posts and services for SCs, STs and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) decided that it would either approach the Supreme Court again or refer the issue to Parliament.
"We are seeking the opinion of the Attorny General on the matter," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters after an hour-long meeting of the GoM.
The meeting was attended by Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Law Minister H R Bhardwaj, Social Justice Minister Meira Kumar, Tribal Affairs Minister P R Kyndiah, Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes Chemical and Fertiliser Minister Ramvilas Paswan and Minister for Personnel Affairs Suresh Pachouri.
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had ordered that the total reservation for SCs/STs and OBCs must not exceed 50 per cent.
Several political parties, particularly the Left, object to this order and claim that the court was interfering in the legislature’s powers. The CPI called the order "a judicial assault on the most oppressed sections of our society."
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