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Quota for Muslims: court declines early hearing of plea

J. Venkatesan

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has declined to fix an early date for hearing of an application filed by the Andhra Pradesh Government seeking directions to provide 5 per cent reservation to Muslims for admission to educational institutions in the State for 2006-2007. A Bench said during `mention' on May 5 that the application seeking modification of the order passed on January 4 would be listed in due course. The State in its application said that the High Court had struck down the Muslim reservation rule as unconstitutional and violative of Articles 15 (4) and 16 (4) of the Constitution. On a special leave petition filed by the State challenging the High Court judgment, the apex court by an interim order on January 4 declined to stay the operation of the judgment.

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