PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister urging him to constitute the ninth National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) at the earliest.
In the letter, a copy of which was circulated to the media, he sought conferment of the rank of Union Minister to the Chairman of the NCBC and called for filling 60% of vacant posts in the Commission. Besides, he sought establishment of regional offices of the NCBC in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata for facilitating easier access to people.
Tracing the history of the NCBC, he said the Supreme Court in the Indra Sawhney case had ruled that a Commission be constituted to safeguard the welfare of the Backward Classes. It also ruled that the Chairman and Members had to be appointed every three years. Consequently, the National Commission for Backward Classes Act was enacted in 1993 and till September 2016 seven such Commissions were constituted as “legal entities” with no constitutional approval.
