Greeva Garg –
Published on August 26, 2021, at 10:30 IST
The Madras High Court has refused to stay the admissions and appointments made under the 10.5% Vanniyar Quota, an internal reservation for the Vanniyar Community.
The Tamil Nadu law passed in February 2021 granted 10.5% quota rights to Vanniyar Community within 20% reservations allotted to Most Backward Classes (MBC).
The Writs and Petitions filed before the High Court challenging the 10.5% of exclusive reservation to Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu.
The Madras High Court stated that “Any admissions made in educational institutions and appointments to State Government services under the quota would be subject to the outcome of its final order on the batch of pleas challenging its constitutional validity.”
Passing an interim order for a stay after hearing a batch of impleading petitions on the matter of enforcement of the special reservation, the Division Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice S Kannammal observed that “It is clarified that it is well open to the Court to pass an appropriate order on admissions made in the interregnum and also appointments as this order is only an interim arrangement.”
The Madras High Court posted the final hearing of pleas on September 14, directing the petitioners to file their pleadings within two weeks.
Advocate General R Shanmuga Sundaram, representing the State Government of Tamil Nadu, submitted in the Court that after the enactment of the Act, the schools and colleges are implementing its provisions into their admission clauses. Any interim order in favour of the pleas will not be good.
Senior Counsel KM Vijayan, representing the petitions, prayed for the favourable injunction in regard to the issue, alleging malafide intention of the State Legislature in implementing the provision of special quota along with the enactment of the new Reservation Law.
Also Read: Madras HC seeks SG’s response on Vanniyar Reservation