The following excerpts from the answer to a question by John Brittas MP (Rajya Sabha) clearly tell the inside story of reservation for OBC, SC & ST in All India Services. 
 
The unfilled quota of SCs, STs & OBCs in organized civil services in Government of India presented in Parliament is alarming as shown in table 1. (John Brittas 2023). All the unfilled positions are offered to candidates from forward communities under the false pretext of poor performance in written test & personal interview! A cool way of torpedoing affirmative action for the welfare of marginalized communities. 
 
                                             Table 1.  
Yawning Gap of representation of SC, ST & OBC in civil services of India. 
	 	Year 	Total posts filled up. 	 SCs 	 STs 	  OBCs 	
		2018 	906 	68 	31 	134 	
		2019 	733 	65 	30 	136 	
		2020 	858 	61 	29 	133 	
		2021 	862 	71 	34 	145 	
		2022 	1006 	69 	42 	147 	
		Total. 	4365 	334 	166 	695 	
		% of filled up. 	 	7.65% 	3.8% 	15.92% 	
		% quota to be filled up. 	 	15% 	7.5% 	27% 	
		% quota denied. 	 	7.35% 	3.7% 	12.12% 	
 
 
There is no judiciary or government authorities to see these  anomalies, which cause the very poor representation of SC/ST personnel in responsible positions.  Instead they see only that the few SC recruits in higher positions are the children of educated and  employed SC/ST parents, which a judge classifies as “creamy layer”. The fact that if there were eligible candidates among the non-creamy layer or under represented SC communities, the quota will not remain vacant. Therefore the argument of the SCI judgment that the non-creamy layer and certain Scheduled  Caste communities are not getting reservation quota is baseless. The fact is that the Government welfare measures  are not reaching certain communities of Scheduled Castes & Tribes to make them qualified. It is well known, the funds earmarked for the development of SC/ST communities, as SCP & TSP funds, go unutilized and diverted for other purposes!   
 
 
Dr. M. K. Mukundan, 
Chairman M.G. Trust. 
