OBC quota for AIQ medical admissions: Centre to soon roll out decision
Chennai: The Centre informed the Madras High Court that it is on the verge of taking a decision on implementation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in State-surrendered medical seats for the All India Quota (AIQ) in non-central medical colleges in Tamil Nadu.
When the contempt petition filed by the DMK, which had concerns that the OBC reservation may not be implemented this academic year, despite the High Court's earlier judgment, came up for hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted that the Central government is on the verge of taking a decision soon on the issue.
Appearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, Mr Tushar Mehta assured the Court that the Central government is expected to take a decision shortly.
The decision at the central level is at a very, very advanced stage", he submitted. The Court recorded the submissions and adjourned the case to August 3.
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