New Delhi: The Telangana government has issued certain rules granting 10 percent reservation in Scheduled Tribes in government employment and educational institutions.
At present, the state reserves 6% of its population for members of the ST community.
Recently, in a public event, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced that his administration would soon issue orders raising the ST quota in government employment and educational institutions to 10%.
Earlier, in April 2017, the Telangana Assembly passed a law pertaining to the 10% reservation, and it was sent to the Centre to receive the President's assent.
The state administration has sent repeated representations in this regard over the past nearly six years, but nothing has been done. The GO stated that given the situation, it is essential to increase the percentage of Scheduled Tribe reservations without further delay.
After carefully considering the aforementioned unique circumstances, the Government of Telangana has decided to increase reservations for the Scheduled Tribes from 6% to 10% in educational institutions and state government services, the statement revealed.
Earlier, a state-appointed Commission of Inquiry, led by retired administrator A Chellappa, had held public hearings and engaged with individuals from all walks of life in order to research and publish a thorough report on the rise in ST population in the state and their socioeconomic conditions.
According to the order from September 30, the comprehensive report with suggestions highlighted the state's significant increase in the ST population since 1986, when a 6% reservation was imposed.
The commission also observed that disproportionately low reservation benefits for scheduled tribes in the fields of employment in government services and admissions in educational institutions have been a major factor contributing to the lack of access to various rights guarantees and the Constitution of India.
Apart from linguistic and cultural difficulties, it was claimed that tribal seclusion was responsible for a 17% literacy gap, a higher dropout rate among tribals, and the ensuing social backwardness.
It also recalled that the Government of Tamil Nadu has been extending reservations to the tune of 69 per cent for the last 28 years as the Union government has included it in the 9th schedule of the Constitution of India.
Further, the judgement acknowledged the Supreme Court's ruling in the Indira Sawhney vs Union of India case and stated that, in some cases, the stringent prohibition of a 50% ceiling is lawful, as the Commission's findings have clearly demonstrated.
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