Advocating better representation of backwards in the government sector, the Backward Commission of Uttar Pradesh said it will start district-wise Jan Adalat to hear the cases of atrocities against backwards.
The decision was taken in the meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Backward Commission held under the chairmanship of its president Ram Asrey Vishwakarma here on Thursday.
"The Commission is committed to provide natural justice to the members of Backward community. The officers at the district level have been asked to provide relief to the members of the community as and when required," Kushwaha said in a statement issued here.
The meeting was important as it discussed threadbare about the prevailing incidents of atrocities against members of the backward community. The members advocated that the Government should formulate a Backward Caste Act at par with SC/ST Attrocities Act to deal with the incidents.
The members also voiced concern over penchant of people to include their names in the backward caste list because of their surnames. "It has been decided that surnames would not only suffice inclusion of any person in backward caste list. The person’s social status and regional character would be taken into account before giving him backward caste status," Vishwakarma said.
The commission also demanded that scholarship amount of students should be increased and creamy layer for backward caste should be increased to Rs 10 lakh. Similarly, a demand to increase medical and marriage financial benefit for backward caste members.