NEW DELHI, Dec 7: Jammu & Kashmir reservation pie is likely to expand with the ongoing winter session of Parliament all set to see a bill for granting additional reservation to several social classes being tabled.
The communities that are likely to be granted reservation include Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Pahari Ethnic Tribe, Paddari tribe, Koli and Gadda Brahmans as Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Valmikis, who had shifted here from Punjab in fifties, as Scheduled Castes (SCs).
Besides, the legislation to grant nomination to two Kashmiri migrants in the Legislative Assembly which has also been recommended by the Delimitation Commission in its final report is also expected to come up in the Parliament, Jammu-based Daily Excelsior reported.
According to reports, almost all concerned government departments and Ministries have cleared extension of reservation to OBCs, quota under ST category to Pahari Ethnic Tribes, Paddari tribe, Koli and Gadda Brahmans and Valmikis in SC category and now the Ministries have to move legislation in both Houses of the Parliament for extending reservation to these sections.
There was no reservation to OBCs in Jammu and Kashmir. However, four percent reservation had been extended to Other Social Castes (OSCs).
