Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment that declared that the ‘creamy layer’ status for reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category cannot be determined solely on the basis of parental income.
In a post on X, Mr. Stalin said the judgment was a decisive victory for OBC justice after years of struggle. He said the judgment shields genuine OBC aspirants from wrongful exclusion, upholds High Court rulings on Civil Services eligibility, rejects hostile discrimination across employment sectors, and reaffirms reservation’s goal of remedying social backwardness.
However, the NDA government defended a position that could have excluded many genuine OBC candidates and introduced the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) quota, departing from the Constitutional basis of reservations, he said.
Even today, after three decades of implementation of the Mandal Commission’s recommendations, many OBC posts remain unfilled in premier institutions and the Union government. The DMK has consistently fought for social justice, including securing 27% OBC reservation in the All India Quota of medical seats. “Our pursuit of social justice continues,” he said.
Mr. Stalin also urged the Union government to create supernumerary seats for OBC candidates who cleared the Civil Services Examination but were denied their rightful place, and to rectify this injustice in the spirit of constitutional equality.
Published – March 13, 2026 12:15 am IST
