Right verdict

A Constitution bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has struck down a state law providing 4 percent reservation in educational institutions and jobs to 15 groups belonging to the Muslim community. Andhra Pradesh High Court has struck down the Muslim Quota Bill in the interest of the country. It has given verdict in the interest of the people. The provision of reservation for weaker section like Scheduled caste and Tribes in government jobs was incorporated in our Constitution with only view to bringing them on equal footing with the people of other section of society. The provision is also incorporated in Constitution for taking appraisal of the reservation policy every 10 years. It was to be done to know whether on the basis of benefit from reservation SC/STs have progressed or not. But that was never done nor was the successive governments at the Centre ever tried to know the progress among SC/STs from reservation. They only played politics over reservation.The successive governments at the Centre extended it from time to time and brought Other Backward Classes (OBCs) within the purview of reservation only for political reasons instead. Reservation remained only a football of vote bank politics played by every political parties. Andhra Pradesh Government had enacted a religion-based Act to provide 4 percent reservation for socially and economically backward 15 Muslims groups in educational institutions and Government jobs violating constitution where there is no provision for reservation on the basis of religion. AP Congress Government had enacted the law to benefit it politically in terms of votes. Reservation must not be used to fulfill the political desire of the political party in power. Emulating Andhra Pradesh West Bengal government, Left Front Government of West Bengal has also reportedly decided to provide 10 percent reservation to socially, educationally and economically Muslims on the line of reservation for OBCs. First the government has caused deep division in society by providing caste-based reservation now it is trying to draw a dividing line among the people of different communities in the country. No body in the country would oppose to reservation policy if it was introduced on the basisis of economic backwardness irrespective of caste, creed and community. There is no dearth of economically and educally backward population among the upper castes. Why should not they be given reservation? It is a very sad state of affairs that reservation is used by the ruling political parties as a weapon of politics not of upliftment socially, economically and educationally. Every one who is economically and educationally backward irrespective of caste, creed and community must be given reservation for equality in society. The policy of reservation must not be used to achieve narrow political gaol.