By Syed Akbar
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh State government has decided to engage the
services of eminent legal experts FS Nariman and K Parasaran to argue on its
behalf against the AP High Court's judgment on reservations for Muslims in
government jobs and educational institutions.
The State BC Commission is holding a meeting in a couple of days to decide
whether to implead separately in Supreme Court on the Muslim quota since
the High Court has found fault with the way the commission prepared the
report recommending five per cent reservations for the principal minority
community.
The State government has sought clarification from the High Court on the
four weeks time given by it for filing of special leave petition in Supreme
Court. Officials want to know whether the four week period starts on the day
of delivery of the judgment or from the day of handing over of the judgment
copies to the government.
Officials of BC and minorities welfare department are now busy studying
various judgements on reservations and reports submitted by earlier BC
commissions including the Anantaramulu and Muralidhar commissions. They
are also gathering vital data on the economic backwardness of Muslims in
Andhra Pradesh so that the government could put up a strong fight in the
apex court.
The High Court has struck down the State government's order on five per
cent quota for Muslims holding the BC Commission's report as inadequate.
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