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Chennai: With local body elections in many districts likely to be conducted soon the ruling DMK's move to issue a Government Order providing 10.5 per cent special reservation for Vanniyars in education and employment is being viewed as a shrewd move. “The special reservation within the MBC quota would be applicable for admission to all educational programmes including professional programmes from this year” an official release said. In a tweet Chief Minister M K Stalin said he directed officials to issue the government order. PMK founder Dr S.Ramadoss who took the initiative that led to the enacting a Law in the Assembly 'wholeheartedly' thanked Stalin for issuing the G.O. He also thanked former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and former Law Miniser C Ve Shanmugam for taking steps to enact the law in the State Assembly..