NEW DELHI: The Madras high court has slammed the Centre’s method of calculating the “creamy layer” for wards of PSU and private sector employees as “discriminatory”, a development that may help over 60 OBC youngsters join the elite civil services after being denied permission.
The high court has said the principle for determining “creamy layer” — the well-off among OBCs who are not eligible for Mandal reservations — should be the same for PSUs/private sector and government services. While the HC order pertains to two candidates, Rohith Nathan and G Babu, who were denied OBC reservation after clearing the civil services exams conducted by the UPSC, it would prove a boon for over 60 backward youths who are learnt to have been treated…
