Calcutta HC cancels all OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 22 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday cancelled all OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010.

The court has directed the West Bengal Backward Classes Commission to prepare a new list of OBCs in accordance with the 1993 Act.

Those who were in the OBC list before 2010 will remain. However, after 2010, OBC nominations have been cancelled.

About 5 lakh OBC certificates are set to be cancelled.

After 2010, those who have jobs under the OBC quota or are in the process of getting them cannot be excluded from the quota. There will be no impact on their job and they cannot be excluded from the quota.