The Court passed the directions in a petition filed by the members of Saini Community through one Suksham Singh challenging their social status declared by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir as a weak and underprivileged (social caste) by way of an order dated October 19, 2022
The order under challenge had amended the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Rules, 2005.
The counsel for the petitioner argued that the government issued the order against the wishes of the Saini community which is an upper caste community and which is not interested in claiming the benefits of reservation.
Source: Barandbench
