New Delhi, March 18 -- The West Bengal government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the State Commission for Backward Classes has decided to examine the issue of backwardness for OBC classification in the State afresh.

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared for the West Bengal government, told a bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih that the exercise, as mentioned earlier, is likely to take three months.

After noting the senior lawyers' submission, the top court posted the matter to be taken up in July this year. The bench noted that the state government would undertake the exercise without prejudice to the rights of the parties involved in the case.

The Court was dealing with a plea filed by the West Bengal gov...