The Madras High Court on Monday ruled that there was no constitutional or legal obstacle to extending the benefit of reservation to Other Backwards Classes (OBCs) in medical and dental seats added to the All India Quota (AIQ) by State government-run medical and dental colleges every year.
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Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy turned down the contention of the Medical Council of India that AIQ in non-central institutions was developed at the instance of the Supreme Court in 1984, and for this reason just the latter might order OBC booking under that quota.
The verdict was delivered on a batch of writ petitions submitted by the Federal government of Tamil Nadu and a host of parties, consisting of the AIADMK and the DMK, looking for 50%reservation for OBCs in 15%of undergraduate and 50%of postgraduate seats under AIQ in government-run colleges.
The judges directed the Centre to constitute a committee to repair the percentage and other terms for OBC booking from next year.
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The court did not want to disturb the admission process this year.
Noting the factors for not accepting MCI’s contention, the Department Be