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SNDP to file review petition

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Impact of verdict inconsequential: IUML

KOCHI: The SNDP will move a review petition in the Supreme Court against the court's verdict on creamy layer income limit.

SNDP general secretary Vellappalli Natesan said the petition would urge the court to raise the Narendran Commission-recommended Rs. 3-lakh income limit itself for determining the creamy layer. The SNDP would tell the court that the sharp increase in the price index over the past two years had necessitated a hike in the income limit. Mr. Natesan noted that the Union Government had in 2004 fixed the income limit at Rs. 2.5 lakhs. This itself underscored the need to raise the limit, he said.

`No need for worry'

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader and the former Minister P.K. Kunhalikkutty said here on Friday that the backward communities do not need to be worried about the Supreme Court's verdict on their income limit for reservation in Government jobs and education.

He told a news conference here on Friday that the court had only struck down the fixing of Rs. 3 lakh as the income limit on the recommendation of the K.K. Narendran Commission. The court had, on Friday, also directed the Government to appoint another commission to determine a new income limit.

He said the impact of the directive would not be substantial. In any case, the income limit was already due for revision. He was confident that the new commission, to be appointed by the Government on the directive of the Supreme Court, would raise the ceiling. He pointed out that the court had not struck down the Narendran commission recommendation for special recruitment to make up for the thin representation of the BCs in Government service.

Mr. Kunhalikkutty said the UDF Government had taken steps to implement the Narendran Commission recommendations and that the Public Service Commission had been directed to implement the reservations. This could go on unhindered, he said. He urged the LDF Government to hasten the process with a view to not causing any loss of opportunities for the BCs. "I ask the LDF Government to implement in letter and spirit the law enacted by the UDF Government," Mr. Kunhalikkutty said.

He said when a new commission was appointed, the Government should ensure that proper data were presented before it so that the socially backward communities would not stand to lose their rights.

Staff Reporter writes from Alappuzha: The Kerala Muslim Jama-Ath Council said the Supreme Court judgment was "unfortunate" as far as backward communities were concerned.

"Unfortunate"

PTI adds: Reacting to the ruling, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said the Government would decide the steps to be taken on the matter after studying the verdict.

CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan termed the verdict "unfortunate" and asked the Government to consider the possibility of going in appeal against the order.

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