Lok Sabha Question No. 4882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Reservation Quota
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP, SADHU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4882 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

## Reservation Quota

4882. SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP: PROF. SADHU SINGH:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that new guidelines and rules would hamper the reservation  quota  in  case  of  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)/Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)/Other Backward  Castes  (OBCs)  in  the  Universities/colleges  teaching  group  i.e.  Assistant Professor, Professor, etc.;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  would  take  help  of  Supreme  Court  if  such  decision  by some of the High Courts have taken in this case and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the total strength of teaching staff in all the universities/colleges run by the private sector and the Government, State- wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a)  to  (c): There  is  no  new  formula  in  the  percentage  of  faculty  posts  reserved  for Scheduled  Caste/  Scheduled  Tribe/Other  Backward  Class  (SC/ST/OBC)  candidates. However, in pursuance of Allahabad High Court judgement which was upheld by the Hon'ble  Supreme Court,  the  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  had  constituted  a Committee which had recommended amendments to clauses 6(c) and 8 (a)(v) of the UGC Guidelines for strict implementation of Reservation policy of the Government in Universities,  Deemed  to  be  Universities,  Colleges  and  other  Grant-in-aid  Institutions and  Centres,  2006  which  were  quashed  by  the  Hon'ble  High  Court.  Based  on  the recommendations  of  the  said  Committee,  UGC  has  amended  the  said  clauses  and instructed to prepare fresh rosters. On receipt of representations from various quarters, this Ministry has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee to assess the impact of the fresh reservation rosters on the representation of reserved categories. Based on the recommendations of the said Committee and advice of Ministry of Law and Justice, legal opinion of the Law Officer in

the matter of filing of SLP before the Hon'ble Supreme Court has been sought.

The Constitutional provisions mandating reservation for SC/ST/OBC categories will continue. However, UGC is consulting on legal options. (d):  The  state-wise  details  of  number  of  Teachers  in  Universities  &  its  Colleges  are enclosed as Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (d) TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4882 FOR 26.03.2017 ASKED BY SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP AND PROF.  SADHU  SINGH  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING RESERVATION QUOTA.

| Sl. No    | State/UTs                 |   Total |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |     312 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            |   89401 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         |    1056 |
| 4         | Assam                     |   20325 |
| 5         | Bihar                     |   21539 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                |    3037 |
| 7         | Chhatisgarh               |   17849 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |     191 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu               |     183 |
| 10        | Delhi                     |   16490 |
| 11        | Goa                       |    2104 |
| 12        | Gujarat                   |   47364 |
| 13        | Haryana                   |   31594 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh          |    8565 |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir         |    7965 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                 |    9764 |
| 17        | Karnataka                 |  107707 |
| 18        | Kerala                    |   50379 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep               |      37 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh            |   60793 |
| 21        | Maharashtra               |  123630 |
| 22        | Manipur                   |    4320 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                 |    2725 |
| 24        | Mizoram                   |    1459 |
| 25        | Nagaland                  |    1938 |
| 26        | Odisha                    |   29486 |
| 27        | Puducherry                |    5384 |
| 28        | Punjab                    |   41801 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                 |   60323 |
| 30        | Sikkim                    |    1185 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                |  165578 |
| 32        | Telangana                 |   76778 |
| 33        | Tripura                   |    2216 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh             |  133358 |
| 35        | Uttrakhand                |   13355 |
| 36        | West Bengal               |   41745 |
| All India | All India                 | 1201936 |

*Source:

All India Survey on Higher Education Report 2016 - 17.