[sandhyaj]

source -THe hindu

27 pc quota to be implemented in phases: Arjun Singh

New Delhi (PTI): The 27 per cent quota for OBC students in Central institutions of higher learning, including IITs and IIMs, would be introduced in phases, HRD Minister Arjun Singh said here Thursday.
Reacting to the apex court order upholding the 27 per cent quota for OBC students in institutes of higher learning, including IITs and IIMs, he said the Central Educational Institutions Act clearly says that institutes can introduce the 27 per cent reservation within three years.
As per the Act, the number of seats in non-reserved category in any institute will not be cut down and allocated seats for Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes would also remain unchanged. And to keep the arithmetic intact in an institute with a capacity of hundred, the enhanced number would be around 154.
"The deadline is, however, the current academic session for those institutes which are prepared with the infrastructural support. For other institutions, there is a three year period to work it out," Singh said.
"Facilities is the only limiting factor that can restrict the implementation of court orders in the institutes," he said


so cheers everybody

[vamsisomesh]

it was clearly said by arjun singh that OBC resvn do not effect open category and more over inst shud increase their intake..so optimistically
now OBC will jump to their reserved category and more gaps in general...more waitlist moves...hence more and more waitlist moves....wat do u say abt it?

PS: mine is waitlist 104

[John_Galt]

Bang on guys!!

Yeah,this has been a very clear point in the bill that OBC reservation won't come at the cost of general seats.....


Cheers!!

[vamsisomesh]

Originally Posted by John_Galt

Bang on guys!!

Yeah,this has been a very clear point in the bill that OBC reservation won't come at the cost of general seats.....


Cheers!!

I mean OBC reservation is a happynews for waitlisters indeed....coz more OBC jump from GEN CAT to obc category and more waitlist moves and so on...what do you say?

[sharqasm]

Hi all,
I have got a convert elsewhere and hence would not be waiting anymore for XIMB...All the puys waitlisted more than 89 can find 1 extra seat free for yourself ...

All the best to all here.....

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-Shariq

[preetamjena]

Guys our apprehensions r all layed down.Drs a postulate in da supreme court judgement which clearly states dat OBC reservations r only up2 graduation level.N since PGDM is a post graduation diploma course so the quota should nt hold for IIMs n oder instis.

[Zippo]

Originally Posted by preetamjena

Guys our apprehensions r all layed down.Drs a postulate in da supreme court judgement which clearly states dat OBC reservations r only up2 graduation level.N since PGDM is a post graduation diploma course so the quota should nt hold for IIMs n oder instis.

Are you sure??? Where did you find this piece of info???

[raj_mohanty]

Originally Posted by Zippo

Are you sure??? Where did you find this piece of info???

Thats actually a debatable piece of news. The SC ruling States that Reservations is ony for Grad Courses According to TOI, Bangalore. But even they(TOI) are not clear about it. How ever a few other newspapers (I read Business Standard) has no mention of this and have even mentioned the no. of seats to be added in a few IIMs this year. So, thats a speculation. I think we should wait for more clarity to come in.

Neways, I think its almost sure that the general category seats are not gonna be affected. So I think the waitlist movement should not be affected much.. But ya it could get delayed due to deffering of IIM results.

Folowing is the TOI headlines ..

SC allows 27% quota for OBCs
Reservation Will Not Go Beyond Grad Courses : Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld OBC quota in central educational institutions clearing the way for reservation of 27% seats for ‘‘backward’’ castes over a period of three years from the academic year 2008-09.
However, what would have been unadulterated joy for the OBC leadership — which campaigned relentlessly for pushing the frontier of the backward quota to educational institutions — has been tempered with the five-judge constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan unanimously deciding to keep the ‘‘creamy layer’’ out of the purview of the quota, and recommending review of the quota every five years.
The court also said that the quota would not stretch beyond graduation courses, in a ruling which created doubts whether reservations could be extended to the prestigious IIMs.
The court, in a stance that would cause considerable heartburn among the advanced sections of ‘‘backwards’’, held that a backward student becomes educationally forward the moment he obtains a graduation degree. This means that while 27% OBC quota could be applied for MBBS and graduation degrees in IITs, it would not be available for postgraduation and other higher courses like PG in medicine and master’s courses in IIMs.
In fact, some quarters felt that since the prestigious management institutions take only graduates, the judgment may have rendered them off limits for the OBC quota.

[raj_mohanty]

Originally Posted by vamsisomesh

I mean OBC reservation is a happynews for waitlisters indeed....coz more OBC jump from GEN CAT to obc category and more waitlist moves and so on...what do you say?

Infact I have one very optimistic analysis, for Waitlisters. But its wayward.

I think if I would have been one with OBC Quota eligibility and 1 year more time, I would have left my current non IIM converts for IIMs next year. And that would mean more waitlist movement. Hope someone is inspired to do this after reading this

[preetamjena]

Yeah dats bang on raj!!!!
any sane OBC candidate would definitely wait 4 1 more yr.Coz a seat at da IIM is almost guaranteed next yr considering the 27% reservation.