Bhopal: In Madhya Pradesh, holding up 13 percent of the OBC reserved posts in the state, the division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain sought a reply from the state government within two weeks. The court has asked why appointments were not being made even after the dismissal of a petition challenging the hold on these OBC posts.
Advocates of the petitioners — Vinayak Prasad Shah, Pushpendra Kumar Shah, and Roop Singh Maravi — told the court that not inducting the 13 percent OBC posts is in violation of Section 4(2) of the Madhya Pradesh Reservation Act of 1994. This is why the petitioners and a number of other deserving OBC candidates have been denied selection. The advocates have argued that meritorious candidates from the reserved category should have been appointed to unreserved positions as per the reservation guidelines. However, rather than this, these meritorious OBC candidates were also appointed in the reserved category itself, which begs the question of how they can uphold the provisions of the Reservation Act.
The government took 87% of OBC posts in Writ Petition No. 18105/2021 on formula unaltered, and 13% of OBC posts are still in the bid. Hundreds of candidates eligible for actual appointments have been now deprived due to this arbitrary action. While a High Court in Court hearing Writ Petition 18105/2021 made a ruling on dismissal of the same on January 28, 2025, Advocate Vinayak Prasad Shah informed the court that the government is yet to take any steps or process to the post held back for 13 percent OBC posts.
Besides this, the petitioners pointed out that the same dismissed writ petition was cited afresh to advance the plea for OBC criteria in the Police Constable Recruitment 2023 recently conducted by the police department. The government dismissed the results released in March 2025, and the 13% OBC posts are still on hold.
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