The Supreme Court’s Order may Change Political Game for Raje government in Rajasthan that Attempted to Woo Gujjar Communities with Selective Recruitment…
Things turned sour for Vasundhara Raje government when the high court struck down Gujjar reservations in the 5% SBC (Special Backward Class) category. The state went in a state of jeopardy when the Gujjar Protestants threatened the government to create violent protests in state. Despite the government pleading the court to provide relaxation to Rajasthan Gujjars, the judiciary refused to revoke its stay on its previous orders. Now, the single bench of Justice KS Ahluwalia has made things difficult for Rajasthan government by directing the RPSC (Rajasthan Public Service Commission) to re-include Gujjars and other SBCs under OBC category.
Upon repeated requests of Gujjar leaders, Rajasthan government has assured all candidates that they’ll follow the rules for SBC reservation like earlier in case of recruitments for jail service exam 2013. As per government, the Gurjars would’ve received recruitments as per SBC quota. However, Justice KS Ahluwalia has intervened in between and asked the RPSC to shift Gurjar candidates to OBC category.
The judge believes it’s unfair to extend special perks to a specific community. All candidates of SBC group will be shifted to the OBC category where they’ll be entitled to receive 5-year relaxation.
Following court’s order, the RPSC officers have started reviewing applications and appointments for SBC groups. Though this decision brought cheers to other communities in SBC category (since they were denied the privilege), the Gujjars are peeved by the latest turn of events.
The legal advisor of Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, Mr. Shailendra Singh has expressed discontent over government’s role. They believe Raje government didn’t stick to its promises. The Gurjars will plan a meeting to chalk out an action plan for future.
The government is adamant to provide them benefits through its ambitious ‘Dev Narayan scheme for Gurjars’ yet, the leaders seemed unsatisfied with this progress. In this case, the ministers will make it a point to make them realize that the government can’t cross the court’s order to provide them undue advantages.
