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Let’s talk about the reservation system in India, then  we can found that today the main deep-rooted position arrangement of India is answerable for the start of the reservation system in the country’s basic terms, it is tied in with encouraging access to seats in the administration occupations, instructive establishments, and even lawmaking bodies to specific segments of the populace. We are all from a similar country.
 
We all have equivalent rights and the chance to find education and line of work. At that point, why there are still differences exist? These days we can notice that  India is suffering from the reservation system especially people of general.
 
The concept of the Reservation  system likewise is a very  supportive measure taken by the government for scheduling  fixed quotas, and also in private and government, some apart of allocated seats are reserved for socially and educationally backward people, scheduled castes, and tribes. The reservation can be traced back to the independence of our country.
 
The underlying theory for the provision of reservation by the state is the under-representation of the identifiable groups as a legacy of the Indian caste system. When India gained independence, the Constitution of India listed mentioned some groups as Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).
 
Leaders like Rajarshee Shahu Maharaj, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar took initiatives to help backward class people. They started giving free education to them. Majorly say then the main aim or goal of bringing reservation is to improve and make better conditions for backward castes and community people. But some people still believe that it’s not effective.
 
Though this system is useful for minority and backward class people. Today we may see that not many minority or backward people are from the poor financial background or not stable and not also all sorts of general category people are from a well-settled financial background. It can be seen that student from lower caste but the strong financial background will easily get admission but in reality, these students are just taking the benefit out of the various schemes launched by our government in order to improve the condition and even you will find that these sorts of students are not interested in studying and gaining knowledge but still they have the leverage of reservation system today. On the other hand student from the general category but with the poor financial background will not get admission in institutes. The biggest impending socio-legal problem which has divided Indian society into two halves is a reservation for “other backward classes” inter alia on the basis of caste. In 2007, the Central The government proposed an additional 27% reservation for the “other backward classes” in educational institutions.
 
In quota systems, seats are totally reserved on the basis of caste differences, gender differences, and religious differences. “Unity In Diversity”, we all have listened to this phrase many times since from our childhood.  But if we talk about the concept of Unity then there should also be equality among people too,  but where is the unity seen if there are still caste and gender differences. Instead of uniting, we are segmenting it. In India, most of the scholarships are available for SC, ST, NT, OBC, Women’s and other minority classes.
 
So, according to our quota system, the people who belong under these categories will be primary beneficiaries. Even if the student has fewer marks he will get an advantage of this policy. This is the only reason why a student belonging from the general category and with good marks will not get the benefit of this. The provision of reservation under the Indian Constitution is only for socially and educationally backward classes. However, in India, it became a caste-based reservation instead of class-based reservation.
 
Today The reservation system is only beneficial for backward community people. First of all the government should keep a check on the financial condition of the person and then provide the reservation and accordingly the eligibility criteria should be decided. So that everyone will get equal opportunity. n 2008, a constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India (“the Supreme Court”) in Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India conclusively adjudicated on the abovementioned issues and held the Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Act, 2005 as well as the enactment Act 5 of 2007 to be constitutional, but yet the issue is far from settled. New writ petitions are being filed in various High courts across the country and various High Courts have been interpreting the said judgment of the Supreme Court variously.
 
The history of reservations in India can be traced back and noted to the cases of  Champakam Dorairajan and Venkatraman v. State of Madras. These are the leading cases and in these cases,  Indian Supreme Court held that any legislation and/or executive order prescribing reservations on the basis of caste was unconstitutional. In Balaji, it was said that ‘caste’ may be a relevant factor, but not the sole criteria nor the dominant criteria for determination of the backward class
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