Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha issued an order to re-make the caste list
Srinagar:
The Jammu and Kashmir government has redrawn the social caste list in the Union Territory by including 15 new groups in the Scheduled Caste category, who will now get the benefit of reservation in jobs and education.
Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha issued an order redrawing the social caste list under the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004.
Those on the list are refugees from West Pakistan who are members of the Jammu, Gorkha and Jat communities.
This decision has been taken after Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently announced Scheduled Tribe status to Pahari speaking people in Jammu and Kashmir.
In today’s circular, the Jammu and Kashmir administration replaced the term “Pahari speaking people” with “Pahari ethnic people” to avoid legal problems.