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Nitish government has knocked the door of the Supreme Court. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the decision of Patna High Court to ban 65 percent reservation. Patna High Court had canceled the amended reservation laws in Bihar. Bihar government lawyer Manish Singh filed a petition against this decision and demanded to increase the quota for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50 percent to 65 percent.
Tejashwi Yadav had made these allegations
The opposition was constantly alleging that the National Democratic Alliance government did not want to increase reservation in Bihar. The BJP wants to play with reservation. A few days ago, Tejashwi Yadav had said that we already suspected that the BJP people would work to stop reservation under any circumstances. We had also said during the elections that the BJP people are against reservation. Amidst these allegations of the opposition, the NDA government’s move to the Supreme Court is being considered as a reply to the opponents.
Patna High Court gave its verdict on 20 June
20 June Patna High Court stayed the Bihar government’s decision to give 65% reservation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Extremely Backward Classes and Other Backward Classes. The law was repealed. Patna High Court had declared it unconstitutional. This means that now Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Extremely Backward and Other Backward Classes will not get 65% reservation in educational institutions and government jobs. The old system of 50% reservation has been implemented.
The gazette was published by the Bihar government on 21 November 2023
The Bihar government had increased the reservation scope to 65 percent through the Reservation Amendment Bill. Add the 10 percent reservation given to the economically weaker section, which will give the benefit of a total reservation of 75 percent. On 21 November 2023, the Bihar government had published a gazette regarding this. After this, Scheduled Castes / Tribes, Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes were getting the benefit of 65 percent reservation in educational institutions and jobs.