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भारत सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
13 AUGUST 1990
Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes in Central services. Official text reproduced in Supreme Court record ↗
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First Backward Classes Commission
FIRST BACKWARD
CLASSES COMMISSIONReport submitted 30 March 1955
CLASSES COMMISSIONReport submitted 30 March 1955
Set up on 29 January 1953 under Article 340; chaired by Kaka Kalelkar.
NCBC source ↗1979
Mandal Commission constituted
SECOND BACKWARD
CLASSES COMMISSIONChair: B. P. Mandal
CLASSES COMMISSIONChair: B. P. Mandal
The Second Backward Classes Commission was constituted to identify socially and educationally backward classes.
Supreme Court source ↗1980
Report submitted
MANDAL COMMISSIONReport · 31 December 1980
The Commission submitted its report to the Government of India.
Ministry source ↗13 Aug 1990
Office Memorandum
GOVERNMENT OF INDIAO.M. dated 13.08.1990
The Government issued an order providing 27% reservation in Central Government posts for OBCs/SEBCs.
Ministry source ↗16 Nov 1992
Indra Sawhney judgment
A nine-judge Constitution Bench delivered the landmark Indra Sawhney decision.
Supreme Court leading case ↗2018
102nd Constitutional Amendment
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA11 August 2018
The amendment inserted Article 338B and Article 342A and gave constitutional status to the NCBC.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
New Delhi, 13 August 1990
Subject: Recommendation of the Second Backward Classes Commission (Mandal Report) — reservation in services under the Government of India.
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