Kolkata, June 17 -- In a major blow to the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court has has given an interim stay on the move to prepare a revised list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) which included the addition of 140 new sub-categories.
The order, passed by a division bench comprising Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Tapabrata Chakraborty, will remain in effect until the next hearing on July 31.
The court also stayed the operation of a state-run portal intended for submission of caste certificates related to this revised classification.
The decision came in response to a petition challenging the legality of the state's attempt to update the OBC list. The petition argued that the state was accepting applications even from groups wh...