Central List of Other Backward Classes and amendments thereto effected during 2013-14.
In pursuance of the Supreme Court’s Judgment in Indra Sawhney Vs Union of India and Others, the Department of Personnel & Training had in 1993 directed that “The OBCs would comprise, in the first phase, the castes and communities which are common to both lists (i.e. in the report of Mandal Commission and the State Government’s lists). A list of such castes and communities is being issued separately by the Ministry of Welfare”.
Accordingly, the Central List of OBCs was issued vide Resolution dated 10.09.1993 of the then Ministry of Welfare in respect of 14 States. Lists for another 7 States and 4 UTs were issued by the then Ministry of Welfare vide Notifications dated 19.10.1994 and 24.05.1995.
