The Centre has told the Supreme Court that transgender persons can avail of any of the existing 50% reservation in admissions and government jobs already available to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Socially and Educationally Backward Communities (SEBC) across the country.
The government said transgender persons could also benefit from the 10% quota granted to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of the society.
“The benefits of any of the reservation, including the four reservations [SC/ST/SEBC/EWS], can be availed by the marginalised and eligible population of the country, including transgender persons,” the 12-page affidavit of the Social Justice Ministry informed.
