Office Memorandum — 13 August 1990
Primary source: Department of Personnel & Training; NCBC reproduction
60-SECOND SUMMARY
What is this record?
DoPT O.M. No. 36012/31/90-Estt.(SCT) provided for 27% reservation of vacancies in Union civil posts and services for socially and educationally backward classes in direct recruitment. Its effective-date language referred to 7 August 1990, with a qualification for recruitment already initiated.
- O.M. No. 36012/31/90-Estt.(SCT)
- 27% in direct recruitment to Union civil posts and services
- Open-merit candidates not counted against the quota
RECORD PREVIEW
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THE DOCUMENT
What This Record Actually Says
- It concerned 27% of vacancies in civil posts and services under the Government of India in direct recruitment.
- SEBC/OBC candidates selected on open merit on the same standards were not counted against the 27% reservation.
- Its effective-date wording referred to 7 August 1990, subject to the source’s qualification for recruitment already initiated.
CONTEXT
Why It Matters
- It was the government action that put a central part of the Mandal recommendation into an administrative framework and became the subject of litigation.
READ WITH CARE
What It Does NOT Say
- It did not create EWS reservation.
- It was not the Central educational-admissions quota.
- It did not alter SC or ST reservation percentages.
SOURCE CONNECTIONS
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- recommendation later receives government action Mandal Commission Report
- policy is challenged in the case Indra Sawhney
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- Which parts of the memorandum were challenged before the Supreme Court?
COMMON CONFUSIONS
Keep Separate
- The memorandum concerns OBC/SEBC direct recruitment, not EWS or the later educational-admissions framework.
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DoPT O.M. No. 36012/31/90-Estt.(SCT)
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