By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net,
Kolkata: Selim Ali is a worried man. For four months now, he was working in the public sector Andhra Bank as Probationary officer, after completing 15 days training. He, however, now fears losing his job, as the central government has refused to include the some of the new Muslim castes in the other backward castes (OBC) list, as per the inclusions made the Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government.
As a result the OBC certificate issued to him by the state government, may not be acceptable outside the state, or in central government jobs.
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Md Selim Ali
Selim Ali is a resident of Village Madanpur of Badu, under Barasat police station of North 24 Parganas District, not very far from Kolkata. His father Muhammad Nur Nabi is a small scale businessman, where he is now suporting him at the moment. Selim comes from the `Muslim Mandal’ Community of the state OBC. Ali is a Commerce Graduate from Calcutta University holding Muslim OBC certificate issued by the Government of West Bengal.
Selim Ali had applied for Provisionary Officer (Junior Management Grade) under the OBC quota. Selim passed through the entrance tests, interview and got his appointment letter dated April 4, earlier this year. He also attended a 15 days training at the Andhra Bank Satff Training College, Vishakhapattnam from June 3 onwards.
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Minority Commition: Al delegation team led by All India Minority Youth Federation Secretary Md Kamruzzaman along with Md Selim Ali met the State Minority Commission Chairman Intaj Ali Shah on 16 Ausgust, 2013 at State Minority Commission Office in Kolkata.
K Satish Chander Reddy, Asst General Manager has, however, issued him a showcause notice that, he will no longer be able to continue his job under the OBC quota as the West Bengal Government enlisted Muslim OBC catagories are not recognized by Central Government yet. In the letter, a copy of which is in possession of TCN, Reddy writes, “It is observed from the OBC Caste certificate submitted by you at the time of your reporting at our Training College, that you belong to the caste "Muslim-Mandal". But the caste mentioned in the certificate is not in the list issued by Government of India on OBC category. As per clause 9 (d) of the Order of Appointment, your appointment in Bank's service is provisional and is subject to the Community Certificate being verified through proper channels. Since the caste mentioned in OBC Certificate is not in the list issued by Government of India on OBC category, you are not eligible to be considered for appointment under OBC category.”
He further added, “In this connection you are hereby advised to show cause as to why your appointment order should not be cancelled within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of this notice, failing which it shall be construed that you have nothing to say in the matter and the appointment order would be cancelled without any further reference to you.”
Ali contacted the State Backward Class Commission Office in Kolkata, but so far had little success.
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The appointment letter of Selim Ali from the Andhra Bank.
Ali informed TCN that he approached the State Backward Classes Department and simultenously also met with Muhammad Kamruzzaman, general secretary of All Bengal Minority Youth Federation. Kamruzzaman helped Ali organise a delegation to meet the State Minority Commission Chairman Intaj Ali Shah on August 16. They also submitted a memorandum to the State Minority Commission.
Through TCN, Ali sought to appeal to the WB CM Mamata Banerjee to take up the matter with the central government.
When TCN contacted the State Minority Commission Chairman Intaj Ali Shah confirmed the meeting of the delegation that included Selim Ali. He added that the in 2010 Principal Secretary of the State Backward Class Commission Nurul Haque was sent to Central Government with all the enlisted Muslim OBC list in West Bengal for recognization by the Central Backward Class Commission. The central government has, however, denied to include more catagories from the state in the central OBC list.
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The show cause notice
Shah has, however, assured all possible support to many like Selim.
On the special initiative of Mamata Banerjee, 30 more Muslim castes were included in the state list of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in May, 2012. With this addition, the number of Muslim castes in OBC has reached 83, covering 87% of the Muslim population in West Bengal in the OBC category. The total number of enlisted OBCs comprising different communities in the state is 143.
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