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House panel checks BC quota Eluru, July 4: The State Legislative Committee on Backward Classes expre-ssed displeasure over the implementation of BC reservation in the roster system to benefit students as well as employees in educational institutions in West Goda-vari district. The committee led by its chairman Basavaraju Saraiah reviewed the implementation of BC reservation in educational institutions here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Saraiah said that the government recognised educational institutions must implement reservations as per norms and wondered how some institutions declared that no seats allotted to students from BC communities were vacant. Critical at the reports of several educational institutions claiming that no backlog posts were vacant with them, the chairman called for a comprehensive report on BC reservations from all educational institutions in the district. He asked for details pertaining to filling up of seats as per the norms, especially in degree, postgraduate and professional colleges. Mr Saraiah called upon officials from various departments to make efforts for implementation of various welfare schemes introduced for the benefit of BCs. Noticing that some officials were absent in the review, the chairman asked reasons for this. Penugonda MLA Pithani Satyanarayana expressed surprise after learning that no BC post was lying vacant in several educational institutions and called for action against these institutions if they tried to mislead the committee. Meanwhile, State BC Employees Welfare Association secretary M.V.V.S.N. Murthy submitted a representation to the committee chairman. Mr Murthy asked for implementation of BC reservation for employees to affect promotions, bringing out a legislation on BC Atrocities (Prevention) Act, appointment of women wardens at BC welfare girls' hostels and allocation of seats to BCs based on sub-quota like A,B,C and D, similar to the practice being followed in Tamil Nadu.
