4 Percent Muslim okay: Supreme Court

In a major victory to the Andhra Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted it to continue with four per cent reservation for 14 backward groups among Muslims for the time being.

While revoking the AP High Court's stay on the quota, the bench consisting of the Chief Justice, K.G. Balakrishnan, and Justices J.M. Panchal and B.S. Chauhan referred the case to a Constitution bench that will assemble in second week of August to take up the matter.

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Andhra Pradesh to exclude creamy layer from quota for OBCs

The state government has decided to exclude the creamy layer among the backward classes from the ambit of 29 per cent quota in all higher educational institutions.

This decision would have major implications on the admission to professional colleges and other institutions of higher education in the coming academic year.

However, the annual income limit to determine the creamy layer has been raised from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh as per the recommendations of a cabinet sub-committee.

A unanimous resolution to exclude the creamy layer from the ambit of reservations was passed at an executive council meeting of the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education held here on Thursday. Mr D. Christopher, secretary of APSCHE, said that the creamy layer decision would come to play in admissions to 2.5 lakh seats in engineering, medical, MBA, MCA and other professional courses apart from PG courses in various universities.

“In our state, there are 25 per cent reservations for BCs apart from 4 per cent reservations category,” said Mr Christopher. Officials of APSCHE and higher education department and vice-chancellors of all the universities in the state took part in the executive council meeting.

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