Haryana: Jats get quota in education, jobs

Chandigarh: The Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Bill, 2016 was passed in the ongoing session of Vidhan Sabha here on Tuesday.

The Bill was moved by Haryana Chief Minister Mr Manohar Lal Khattar to give statutory status to Backward classes Block ‘A’, Backward classes Block ‘B’ and Backward classes Block ‘C’ by enacting the Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Act, 2016 and request  the Central Government to include this Act in 9th Schedule read with Article 31B of the Constitution.

The Chief Minister said that the State Government has fulfilled its promise of giving reservation  to Jats and members of other castes by getting “The Bill would enable the members belonging to six communities to get reservation in government services and admission to educational institutions.

In reply to a question, the Chief Minister said that the provisions of reservation would be implemented immediately after the Governor’s assent.

The Chief Minister said that with the passing of this Bill, a long standing demand of many communities has been fulfilled. He said that the previous government had turned this demand into such a draft which was stuck in the High Court and Supreme Court.

After making a thorough study and consulting the stakeholders, the present government had got the Bill passed  which would become a law after the assent of the Governor, he added.

Referring to the provisions of the Bill, the Chief Minister said that six castes namely Jat, Jat Sikh, Ror, Bishnoi, Tyagi and Mulla Jat/Muslim Jat have been included in Backward Classes-C category.

He said that the State government has not only maintained the reservation provisions of BC-A and B categories, but has also extended some more benefits to them through this Bill.