The letter was in continuation of the MP’s speech on the floor of the Rajya Sabha on March 29, 2022.
It highlighted the legal obstacle to States in granting OBC reservations in local body elections, due to want of ’empirical data’, which is a prerequisite laid down by the Supreme Court.
The letter said that as per judicial pronouncements, the State has to appoint a dedicated commission to gather information for ascertaining political backwardness of the backward classes to specify the proportion of the reservation required local body-wise. For this exercise, it is vital to have access to the caste census data relating to OBCs, it was pointed out.
Source: Barandbench
