Summary:
In Odisha, the reservation had gone up to 65.75% (SC 16.25%, ST 22.5% and SEBC 27%). BHUBANESWAR: The high court verdict striking down the Act promising 27% reservation for socially and educationally backward classes has huge political ramifications for the Naveen Patnaik government . Following the OAT verdict in 2013, as an interim measure Odisha has been giving 11.25% reservation to SEBCs after it issued a resolution in June 2014. It's altogether a different matter that he summarily lost the elections.The enhanced quota was challenged by one Hara Priya Dash, a job seeker, in the Odisha Administrative Tribunal (OAT). Some job seekers challenged the Act in the OAT which quashed the Act in 2013..