{
  "id": 15068513,
  "title": "Madhya Pradesh OBC Reservation Row Deepens As High Court Rejects 27% Quota, Organisations Urge CM Mohan Yadav To Fight In Supreme Court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/madhya-pradesh-obc-reservation-row-deepens-as-high-court-rejects-27",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T22:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-obc-reservation-row-deepens-as-high-court-rejects-27-quota-organisations-urge-cm-mohan-yadav-to-fight-in-supreme-court"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - Chief Minister Mohan Yadav convened a meeting on Friday with representatives from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) Mahasabha and various OBC organizations to discuss the contentious issue of a 27% OBC reservation. The meeting aimed to bolster the state government's legal defense against the recent rejection of the 27% reservation by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.\n\nRepresentatives from the OBC Mahasabha demanded that the government provide robust evidence and create a strong legal argument to fight the case in the Supreme Court. They insisted that filing a Special Leave Petition was not sufficient and that the government needed to demonstrate why the 27% reservation should be reinstated.\n\nCore committee member of the OBC Mahasabha, Lokendra Gurjar, highlighted that the primary focus of the discussions was on restoring the reservation to 27%. The meeting also addressed the future of candidates holding 13% of the seats and explored potential legal remedies. The OBC Mahasabha submitted a six-point demand to CM Mohan Yadav, including a comprehensive survey of OBCs concerning their social, educational, and economic status. They also sought an ordinance or legal proposal for the 27% reservation to address the court's concerns.\n\nFurthermore, the OBC Mahasabha proposed conducting a legal review of previous recruitment processes and the remaining vacancies to alleviate the concerns of candidates impacted by the 13% hold posts. They emphasized the need for the government to present a clear action plan with a time-bound decision to benefit affected OBC candidates.\n\nIt is worth noting that the Madhya Pradesh High Court's principal bench in Jabalpur recently rejected the 27% reservation for OBCs, maintaining the existing 14% quota. The ruling was based on petitions challenging the quota hike, filed by MBBS students and NEET-PG 2019 aspirants. The decision limits the overall reservation to 50% in the state.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Chief Minister Mohan Yadav convened a meeting with representatives of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) Mahasabha and other backward class organisations on Friday to discuss the issue of 27% OBC reservation. During the meeting, representatives demanded that the state government strongly defend the case in the Supreme Court, stressing that merely filing a Special Leave…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}