Why quota for kids of well-off parents, asks SC | India News
New Delhi: Supreme Court A question was raised on Friday as to why children from economically and educationally better families among the backward classes should be allowed to get the benefit of reservation under the OBC category.“If both the parents are IAS officers, why should they get reservation? There is social mobility with education and economic empowerment. So want reservation for children again, we will never get out of it. This is something we have to worry about. Also, what is the point? You are giving reservation. Parents are educated, they are in good jobs, they want to earn good income again, children want to get reservation again. Look, they should come out of reservation,” SC said. Application in SC: Quota certificate not mentioned Creamy layer A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuiya indicated that wards of well-to-do families should be kept out of the ambit of OBC quota. Hearing of the application of a person selected for appointment as Assistant Engineer (Electrical) in the reserved category in the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation. The District Caste and Income Verification Committee had refused him Caste Validity Certificate stating that he fell in the creamy layer.
