New Delhi: The Board of Governors of the six Indian Institutes of Management met in Ahmedabad on Saturday to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court's stay on the 27 per cent OBC quota.
They have come to the conclusion that there will be no OBC quota in IIM-Ahmedabad if the Supreme Court stay is not vacated within two weeks time.
The Board of Governors have said that they will not be able to follow new OBC admission quotas if the stay on reservations does not go by April 12, 2007.
Says Chairman, IIM-A Board of Governors, Vijaypat Singhaniya, "If the issue is resolved by the Supreme Court, prior to April 12, then the institute will have to go according to the law of the land. This institute will not violate any law of the land."
"If on the other hand, the Supreme Court does not decide to vacate the stay and clarify the issues on OBCs and when the Constitution comes into play, then I think it's going to be a very tricky issue for the institute to grant admission to OBCs," he added.
The Governors say they will not follow the OBC quota as it may amount to contempt of court.
All the six IIMs had announced seat increases from this year to accommodate the OBC quota without affecting general category students.
The admission process is already underway in most of the institutes, but authorities at the IIMs say they will take a final decision on admissions only after getting a communication from the Central Government.
On March 29, the Supreme Court, in an interim ruling, had put on hold implementation of the proposed 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in Central educational institutions, including IIMs and IITs.
In its interim order staying the Central Educational Institution (Reservation in Admission) Act of 2006, the Apex Court said the 1931 census could not be a determining factor for identifying OBCs for providing a quota to them.
However, it clarified that the benefit of reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes could not be withheld and the Centre could go ahead with the process to determine backward classes.
The next hearing on the case is only in August.
(With inputs from PTI)
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