An appeal to stop usage of politics to divide India on the basis of caste / creed / community, gender, language, quotas / reservations, region / state & religion

NEW CHARTER OF DEMANDS

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Setting of a non political commission to review the existing reservation policy

It should be a non-political non-parliamentary commission with constitution, terms of reference and binding nature as described in the note attached.

Increase in number of seats

Number of seats should be increased in each institute/college such that numbers of general category seats are not decreased at any point, in that particular institute, by the present policy or any other policy in the future.

Till such time the total numbers of seats are increased, the reservation policy shall not be implemented and the academic year 2007 is not sacrosanct.

The increase in seats should lead to a proportionate increase in number of general category merit seats in each institution.

Number of seats in open merit should always remain at least 50.5\% exclusive of all the reservations and quotas including SC/ST, OBC, Defence personnel, physically handicapped etc.

Sequencing of the seats in each institution in each academic year should be done i.e. fill up of SC/ST first, then OBC, other reserved seats (if any) and thereafter general category seats.

Number of seats should not be increased until proper infrastructure is made in the colleges and adequate requirements met so that the quality does not suffer.

A technical committee comprising of members of the college itself should decide the possibility of increase in seats and if possible the amount of infrastructure and finances needed.

The reserved seats should be filled on the basis of "reasonable level of merit" which is defined as the students falling under the reserved seats should score at least 90 percent of marks scored by general category candidates in that particular entrance examination.

EXCLUSION OF CREAMY LAYER

Socio economic criteria to be set up and applied universally without any caste basis, which effectively excludes the affluent and those already having access to jobs and higher education.

A separate allocation of seats to be included in the proposed 27\% to students coming from weak and poorer background and who do not come in any other reservation categories.

No action of any nature should be taken against students, interns, doctors & others who participated in the agitation with regards to service break, termination, pay and leave deduction, legal action etc

What do we mean by Expert commission?

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Attached note

Constitution of Expert Commission:- It is suggested that the non-political/ non-parliamentary 5 member Expert Commission should be constituted with eminent members from different fields, namely:- Particulars
Chairman - a Retd. Chief Justice of India or a Retd. Judge of the Supreme Court.
A Technocrat
A retired Senior Bureaucrat
An Educationist
A Social Worker/Philanthropist

Terms of Reference of the Expert Committee/Commission:-

Whether reservation and in particular reservation on caste basis is in the interest of the Country?

If answer to Question (1) is in the affirmative then and then only -

In what areas and fields the reservation policy can, if at all, with or without restrictions be implemented particularly in reference to reservation in specialized fields/areas etc. so that policy of reservation does not become oppressive on other sections of the Society?

Whether Mandal Commission report of 1980 requires reconsideration / review / modification / clarification etc. and in particular on account of the fact that the said Commission identified certain castes as backward etc. on the basis of a report of 1932 which is not relevant in the year 2006?

Whether the concept of economic backwardness and extension and denial of reservation to creamy layer irrespective of the caste and creed is an important criteria for the purposes of formulating and implementing reservation policy?

What should be the procedure, criteria and benchmark for grant or denial of reservation in specialized fields/area so that merit is not compromised?

Under what circumstances and when the benefit of reservation to a particular caste, creed and/or family would stand forfeited?

Whether the reservation can be made a permanent feature? If not, for how long can the reservation policy be continued.

Procedure to be followed by the Expert Committee/Commission:- In answering the above questions, the procedure that would be adopted by the Expert Committee/Commission should be spelt out in detail.

Binding nature of the report of the Expert Committee/Commission:-

It should be made clear that the report shall be compulsorily laid before both the Houses of the Parliament and discussed thoroughly within a reasonable time of the finalization of the report.

If the report of the Expert Committee/Commission differs from the report of the Mandal Commission or provides for a new basis for following the reservation policy than this report should prevail over the Mandal Commission report.

Online petitions against the highly controversial reservation or quota system

Re: Reservation Quota Policy as proposed by HRD Minister Arjun Singh

This petition says:

Quota/reservations has/have failed to achieve genuine equality, depriving us from the Fundamental Right to Equality.

Constitution and Reservation:
Where articles 15 and 16 ensure every citizen freedom and equality before law, the impractical provisions for reservation only highlight the contradictions in the machinery of the government.

Reservations were a part of the constitution when it was released in 1950. However, that was supposed to be a temporary measure and was to last for 10 years.

Part XVI of the Constitution makes certain reservations for the SC/ ST/ OBC for their election in the Legislative Assemblies and the House of People. Article 334 expressly provides that the reservations and special representations will cease after a period of fifty years.

An Amendment (79th amendment w.e.f. 25-1-2000) to the Constitution in 1999 extended this time frame of fifty years to sixty years. Is this justified?

Isn't this detrimental to the interests of the general members of the country who will now consider themselves unfortunate for not being tagged as "depressed" classes.

More than 50 years later the reservations continue to exist and have only become higher with passing years. The politicians, in an attempt to woo more votes from the public, continue to reserve more and more seats for SCs/ STs/ OBCs. This makes us feel as if the government covers its vested interests and political peripherals in the large cloak of democracy.

If vote banks are so important to our politicians then we assure them that they'd lose a considerable part of it. We will not stay unplugged.

Progeny of those who have got a position through quota should be denied the same privilege. One 'quota-case' in every family is sufficient.

Anti Reservation, 2006

Petition against proposed reservation in premier educational institutes

The Against reservation system in India

The Reservation in Education

Anti Reservation

Against Caste based Reservation

NO MORE RESERVATION PLEASE

No vote for those who support reservation

EQUALITY FOR ALL...NO RESERVATION

Reservation in Private Sector Not Required

Campaign against increase in Reservations

We support our Medical fraternity in their tirade against reservation policies

Reservation in Educational Institutes - Starting must be made by Reserving Lok Sabha , Rajya Sabha Seats & state Legislatures

The practical policy for the equal opportunity instead of reservation

Petition against proposed reservations in India. Humble request to discontinue all reservation based on castes/tribe in Education System

Petition to President of India - say No to reservations in private sector and IIT/IIM/Medical colleges

We appeal to everyone concerned to stop the usage of politics to divide our beloved country India on the basis of caste / community / creed, gender / sex, language, quotas / reservations, region / state and religion.

To The Hon'ble Indian
01) Supreme Court (SC)
02) High Courts (HCs)
03) President
04) Prime Minister (PM)
05) Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister
06) Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok / Rajya Sabha (LS/RS), Legislative Assemblies / Councils (LAs / LCs)
07) Chief Ministers
08) Members of Parliaments (MPS) of Lok Sabha (LS) and Rajya Sabha (RS)
09) Members of Legislative Assemblies and Councils (MLAs & MLCs)
10) Politicians and Political Parties
11) All law abiding and concerned Indian youth, citizens and residents.