Chennai, Mar 13 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has hailed the Supreme Court verdict clarifying OBC non-creamy layer determination as a “decisive victory” for OBC justice after years of struggle.
He urged the Union Government to create supernumerary seats for OBC candidates who cleared the Civil Services Examination but were denied their rightful place and rectify this injustice in the spirit of constitutional equality.
He welcomed the Supreme Court’s recent verdict that income cannot be the sole criterion to decide the creamy layer among the Other Backward Classes, and said the NDA government defended a position that could have excluded many genuine OBC candidates and introduced the EWS quota, departing from the constitutional basis of reservations.
“Even today, after three decades of Mandal, many OBC posts remain unfilled in premier institutions and the Union government. DMK has consistently fought for social justice, including securing 27 per cent OBC reservation in all India quota of medical seats. Our pursuit of #SocialJustice continues,” the Chief Minister said in a post on the social media platform ‘X’ on Thursday.