<p>"What is given (in the law) is 27 per cent solid," a bench comprising justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik said about the law which had been upheld by a constitution bench of the apex court on the issue of quota for OBCs.<br /><br />The remarks were made by the bench which also raised questions on various facets of the quota law and put a poser to the contesting parties that "can we take that that those OBCs qualifying under the open category will also be covered within the 27 per cent".<br /><br />It said all these facets need to be dealt with as "the purpose of the legislation is that sufficient number of them (OBCs) take the benefit".<br /><br />The court, which is hearing a petition pointing out the confusion on the cut-off marks adopted by universities for admission of OBC candidates, said "what we are worried about is that cut-off has been used in a loose manner".<br /><br />Senior advocate K K Venugopal, appearing for former Director of IIT, Chennai, P V Indiresan, submitted cut-off marks for OBC candidates cannot be less than 10 per cent of the marks on which a candidate from general category is admitted.</p>
<p>"What is given (in the law) is 27 per cent solid," a bench comprising justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik said about the law which had been upheld by a constitution bench of the apex court on the issue of quota for OBCs.<br /><br />The remarks were made by the bench which also raised questions on various facets of the quota law and put a poser to the contesting parties that "can we take that that those OBCs qualifying under the open category will also be covered within the 27 per cent".<br /><br />It said all these facets need to be dealt with as "the purpose of the legislation is that sufficient number of them (OBCs) take the benefit".<br /><br />The court, which is hearing a petition pointing out the confusion on the cut-off marks adopted by universities for admission of OBC candidates, said "what we are worried about is that cut-off has been used in a loose manner".<br /><br />Senior advocate K K Venugopal, appearing for former Director of IIT, Chennai, P V Indiresan, submitted cut-off marks for OBC candidates cannot be less than 10 per cent of the marks on which a candidate from general category is admitted.</p>