Panchamasali reservation row: Karnataka HC grants petitioner to amend plea – Times of India

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Monday granted liberty and time to the petitioner in a public interest litigation (PIL) to file an amended petition with regards to the interim report relating to allocation of reservation among OBCs.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale directed the court officer to provide the copies of the report to both the advocate general and also the counsel for the petitioner.
During the hearing the court was told that the action taken by the state government on the basis of the interim report, ie, taking out the Muslims from the backward classes category has been challenged before the Supreme court and there is an interim order in operation.
Considering this aspect and the fact that the Supreme court is scheduled to hear the said issue on July 25,2023, the division adjourned the hearing on the PIL.
In his PIL, petitioner DG Raghavendra, a resident of Bengaluru had sought for a direction against granting 2A reservation to Panchmasalis,based on the interim report.
According to him,under the statutory scheme of Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes Act,1995 there is no concept of interim report.
The petitioner had also sought for direction to the state government to take a revision of list of backward classes, citing the low 4% reservation granted to Vokkaliga community as against their 16% share in the population of the state .

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