Haryana government to move HC against Jat quota stay

May 30, 2016 09:40

Haryana government will on Monday file an application in the Punjab and Haryana High Court today, over the Jat reservation issue.

The high court had last Thursday stayed the reservation for Jats and four other communities provided by the Haryana government under a newly-carved Backward Classes (C) category.

The high court passed this order while hearing a petition challenging the constitutional validity of The Haryana Backward Classes (reservation in services and admission in educational institutions) Act 2016 that was passed unanimously by the state assembly on March 29.

The new act provides reservation for Jats and five other communities under a newly carved backward class (C) category. The five other communities -- including Jat Sikhs, Muslim Jats, Bishnois, Rors and Tyagis -- would be entitled to get 10 per cent reservation in government services and admission in educational institutions.

Following the verdict, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said his government would not wait till July 21 to initiate legal action against the "ex parte decision" of high court and would make all possible efforts to get the stay vacated.

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