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New Delhi:The sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) furthers the actual purpose of reservation and ensures its trickle-down effect in the marginalised community, the Narendra Modi government has told the Supreme Court...
He added since the legitimate aim behind reservation was to support the backward classes, who have had a history of discrimination for centuries, sub-classification of its benefit would go a long way to achieve this objective...
Coming out in support of the stand taken by the Punjab government, the Centre contended Wednesday that sub-classification of SC/ST and other backward classes would provide it and the state government with the appropriate free-play to frame policy in furtherance of the high constitutional ideal of social justice...
As the Constitution permits reservations at the level of higher education, entry-level in the government service sector and promotion in the government services, persons who would most likely benefit from this earmarking of seats and posts would be persons who are relatively forward within the backward class, it said.. Advocating for an efficient distribution of reservation benefits, the government emphasised on the limitations of affirmative action...
Therefore, if the aim of the State and the Constitution is to provide parity, equality of opportunity and social and economic mobility of the backward classes/castes in need, enabling of sub-classification would ensure that benefits are extended to persons more in need of the said benefits by carefully apportioning the reserved quota within the reserved class, the note said.. (Edited by Tikli Basu)..
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