Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: State Unit of BJP’s OBC Morcha president, Sunil Prajapati expressed serious concern over the indifferent attitude of concerned Administrative Department in J&K UT for suspending issuance of OBC Certificate for Central Govt jobs, admissions to the Central Educational Institutions including Kendriya Vidyalyas and Central Scholarships Schemes for OBCs of J&K as entitled under Central Govt OBC Reservation Rules.
In a statement Prajapati urged upon the Divisional Commissioner Jammu for early restoration of issuance of OBC certificates to all the concerned aspirant applicants at the earliest. A memorandum in this regards has also been submitted to the Divisional Commissioner Jammu.
Sunil Prajapati stated that concern authorities in J&K UT have stopped issuance/renewal of OBC certificate, which is very negative action on the part of concern Department at this juncture, since it will inflict irreparable loss to the OBC community people in J&K. A large number of aspirants are struggling for seeking admissions in the different educational institutions for Under Graduate (UG) and other Courses where OBC Certificates will be essentially required.
He further stated that the entrance exam for Common University Entrance Test (CUET) have also started and within 15-20 days admission for UG courses will also commence, when OBC Certificates will be required to be produced alongwith other documents for the admissions in the UT as well as in other states all over the Country. It appears some deep rooted conspiracy to create instability and embarrassing situation amongst OBCs in J&K UT.
Prajapati further stated that as per Annexure ‘D’ to J&K Reservation Rules 2005, 27 OBC Castes are included for reservation under Other Social Castes (OSC) category. However, only 23 OBC castes have been included in the Centre OBC List by J&K Govt for issuance of OBC Certificates, as available on National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) website portal, wherein four OBC Castes ie. Markbans, Gilkar Messons, Jogies and Bhawarias have been dropped from list of OBC castes and four other OBC castes ie. Kumhars, Washermen, Barbers and Telies have been mentioned with conditions for villages only, thus denying the OBC Certificates to those residing in towns. The authorities must look into the matter. Other members of the Morcha also joined Prajapati.
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