Well, it is well established that reservation for the disabled is horizontal and not vertical. So, I can not understand the logic of JNU for doing away with the reservation for the disabled even if apex court clears 27% for OBC.
Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Viraj Kafle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 7:50 AM Subject: [AI] JNU: No Separate Reservations for the Disabled > New Delhi: No separate three percent reservations will be provided to the physically-challenged students at the Jawaharlal Nehru > University > (JNU) in case the Supreme Court clears the air for the implementation of 27 percent quota reservations for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). > > Vice Chancellor of JNU Mr. B.B. Bhattacharya said, "There will be no separate disability quota reservation under each category. Students falling under such > categories will however be given preference to maintain the overall three percent quota for the disabled." > > The varsity already has 22.5 percent of the total seats reserved for the SC/ST students and implementing another 27 percent reservation for the OBCs (which > is bound to be implemented) and a 3 percent reservation for the disabled will result in violation of the 50 percent reservation limit order by the Supreme > Court. > > However, if the Supreme Court does not go ahead with the OBC quota reservations from this year, only then will the varsity provide the 3 percent reservation > for the physically-challenged students. > > > > http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/No%5Fseparate%5Fquota%5Ffor%5Fdisabled%5Fa t%5FJNU%5Fthis%5Fyear%5F982/ > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
