History

With the Supreme Court activity itself to boost its previously-imposed ceiling of fifty per cent because the higher limit for reservations, the spiral of history has completed a full cycle in nearly precisely 100 years.

Communal GO

·       In September 1921, the alleged “Communal GO” (or Government Order) was passed within the Madras Presidency by a provincial government LED by the Justice Party.

·       The Communal GO was primarily a power-sharing agreement that had the blessings of the colonial government.

·       It allotted government jobs and seats publicly education establishments to completely different communities in specific proportions.

·       It was designed to see the near-monopoly of Brahmins on these opportunities despite the very fact that they established solely about 3 per cent of the population.

·       The GO conjointly signalled the arrival of fashionable politics, and was the fruits of a palmy campaign for electoral power by the alleged non-Brahmin movement spearheaded by the Justice Party.

·       These government opportunities were to be shared among six communities:

·       Brahmins, non-Brahmin Hindus, Mohammedans, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans, and others.

But most vital here is that the explanation for this policy — its not supported any type of retardation or disadvantage. Rather, its associate degree expressly political principle of sharing the state’s resources and opportunities.