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Creamy layer for OBC quota

New Delhi: Children of the President, the Vice-President, and judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts fall under the "creamy layer" among the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) under the criteria fixed for exclusion from reservation in civil posts and services.

Children of members of the Union Public Service Commission and the State Public Service Commissions, the Chief Election Commissioner, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and persons holding Constitutional positions of this nature also fall under the creamy layer category.

Under the criteria, persons having a gross annual income of Rs.2.5 lakh or above or possessing wealth above the exemption limit as prescribed in the Wealth Act for a period of three consecutive years are also excluded.

The creamy layer covers sons and daughters of Group A/Class 1 officers of the All-India Central and State Services (direct recruits).

Detailing the criteria, an official note said children of officers holding equivalent or comparable posts in public sector units, banks, insurance organisations, and universities also fell under this category, along with others holding equivalent or comparable posts in private employment.

Also excluded are children of doctors, lawyers, chartered accountants, income tax consultants, financial or management consultants, dental surgeons, engineers, architects, computer specialists, film artists and other film professionals, authors, playwrights, sportspersons, sports and media professionals or any other vocations of like status, the note said.

— PTI

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