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1 अन्य पिछडा वर्ग को प्राप्त आरक्षण की सुविधा जाटों को प्रदान
2 मध्य प्रदेश
3 राजस्थान
4 Inclusion of Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur in the OBCs list
5 Annexure A - F
6 उत्तर प्रदेश
7 हरयाणा

अन्य पिछडा वर्ग को प्राप्त आरक्षण की सुविधा जाटों को प्रदान

कई प्रान्तों में जाट जाति को शासकीय सेवाओं में अन्य पिछडा वर्ग को प्राप्त आरक्षण की सुविधा प्रदान की गई है. यहाँ पर विभिन्न राज्य सरकारों द्वारा प्रदान की गई सुविधा के सम्बन्ध में दूरस्थ क्षेत्रों के जाट भाइयों की जानकारी के लिए एवं सुविधाएँ लेने में आने वाली अड़चनों को दूर करने के लिए पिछडे वर्ग की आरक्षण सम्बन्धी जानकारी दी जा रही है. मैनें मध्य प्रदेश सरकार द्वारा दी गई सुविधओं का पूरा विवरण इस थ्रेड में दिया है. अन्य भाई दूसरे प्रान्तों में दी गई सुविधाओं की जानकारी जोड़ सकते हैं.

मध्य प्रदेश

मध्य प्रदेश में अधिसूचना क्रमांक एफ-9-39/99/54-1 दिनाँक 24-1-2002 से जाट जाति को अनुक्रमांक 90 पर पिछड़ा वर्ग में जोड़ा गया है. पिछड़ा वर्ग को प्राप्त सिविधाओं के परिपत्र की प्रतियाँ नीचे दी गयी हैं. इनको बड़ा करके प्रिंट-आउट ले सकते हैं.

अधिसूचना क्रमांक एफ-9-39/99/54-1 दिनांक 24 -1 -2002	अधिसूचना सम्पूर्ण प्रदेश में लागू होने का परिपत्र	अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग के लिए आरक्षण सुविधाएँ	व्यवसायिक शिक्षण संस्थाओं में आरक्षण सुविधाएँ
अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग के लिए लोक सेवा में आरक्षण/सुविधाएँ - सामान्य निर्देश	अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग के लिए लोक सेवा में आरक्षण/सुविधाएँ - सामान्य निर्देश (जारी)	अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग के लिए लोक सेवा में आरक्षण/सुविधाएँ - सामान्य निर्देश (जारी)	पिछड़े वर्ग के हित में राज्य शासन द्वारा दिए जाने वाले प्रमुख उपबंध छूट, रियायतें आदि

राजस्थान

Inclusion of Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur in the OBCs list

Rajasthan Jat Mahasabha,

Jaipur 5D Villa, Station Road,

Jaipur-302001

7th Oct. 2002

To,

Honourable Shri Satya Narain Ji Jatia Minister,

Social Justice & Employment

Shastri Bhawan,

NEWDELHl.

Sub: Inclusion of Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur in the OBCs list drawn by Union of India for Rajasthan.

Sir,

Through this petition, we solicit your kind patronage to seek social justice for the Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur districts, who have not been included as yet in the Union list of OBCs drawn out for Rajasthan.

2. Before making detailed arguments in support of our this prayer. We may state in brief the background of this issue.

3. Jats of Rajasthan Constitute more than 12 percent of the total population of State and from the single biggest caste, pursuing agriculture as their main occupation. For various historical, geographical and social reasons and suffering for more than two centuries under the tyrannical exploitation at the hands of rulers and Jagirdars, they happen to be one of the most backward class of the state. Inspite of their most backward status they were somehow not included in the list of OBCs drawn out by the Mandal Commission in 1980. This perhaps was due to inadequate pleading of their case by Jats before the Commission but mainly due to shallow and slipshod manner the Mandal Commission conducted its enquiry regarding backwardness of various classes of Rajasthan. As soon as the report of that Commission was made public, Rajasthan Pradesh Jat Mahasabha submitted a detailed memorandum in December 1982 to Union and State Governments followed by more petitions from time to time. Detailed petitions were also submitted to National Commission for Backward classes (NCBC) and State Commission as soon as these were constituted in 1993. We are very much grateful to NCBC for giving us opportunity of being heard and also for prompt submission of the report to Govt. of India as back as November 1997. Contrary to this the State Commission, under the influence of some very strong vested interests kept on postponing the hearing for one reason or another. Unfortunately the Union Government put the report of NCBC in cold storage and no decision was taken on its recommendations. Feeling frustrated by the hostile attitude of the State Commission and inaction on the part of Central Government. Jats were forced to launch a state wide peaceful agitation to seek social justice for themselves. Jats of Rajasthan shall ever remain obliged to our worthy Prime Minister Shri Atal Behari Ji Vajpai for his benevolence who taking notice of our plight, intervened to expedite processing of NCBC recommendations. This fact may kindly be noted that through representations from six states were received by the NCBC but it recommended inclusion of Jats in OBC, list only for Rajasthan. Notification to this effect was issued by Govt. of India on 27th October 1999, after a lapse of about two years from the date of submission of the reports by NCBC. Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur were excluded as advised by the NCBC. Good sense prevailed upon the Government of Rajasthan and a similar notification was issued on 3.11.1999 and thus the Jats who were purposely kept deprived from the benefits available to OBC's for more than a decade became eligible to receive benefits available to OBCs.

4. Though we had pleaded quite vehemently before the NCBC with full facts and figures justifying inclusion of Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur in OBCs list but unfortunately Hon'ble members remained unmoved. To our utter dismay they have been kept out of OBC fold.

5. Fortunately for us Government of Rajasthan directed the Rajasthan State Backward Classes Commission to examine the case of Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur, which after hearing all the parties, submitted its report in January 2000 recommending the Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur also in State OBCs list followed by issuance of the notification by the Government of Rajasthan. Thus the situation prevailing as today is that Jats are included in the state list of OBCs for the entire state while in Central list Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur are excluded.

6. With a view to make the issue of backwardness of Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur more comprehensible, we would like to put forward some background facts.

7. Rajasthan which used to be called Rajputana Agency before independence, comprised of 19 independent states, one Chiefship and on Estate and also a small area of 6 square miles known as Abu district, leased to British Government from Sirohi Darbar. Ajmer-Merwara used to be district of British India. Out of 19 independent states 16 were ruled by Rajput kings, one (Tonk) by a Muslim Nawab and two Bharatpur and Dholpur by Jat kings.

8. One interesting fact to be noted about Dholpur is that population of Jats in that state was negligible and thus Dholpur in fact was a "non Jat" state ruled by a Jat king.

9. Population figures of Dholpur are quoted below from Census Report of Rajputana Agency. 1931 (Main castes) :

S.No.	Caste	Population
1.	Chamars	(S.C.)	42,405
2.	Brahmins	28,014
3.	Rajputs	20,833
4.	Gujars (OBC)	20,752
5.	Musalmans	16,842
6.	Mahajans	11,179
7.	Meenas (S.T.)	10,997
8.	Jats	2,800

10. Even today population of Jats in Dholpur (now a district) should not be exceeding ten thousand.

11. Even in Bharatpur, Jats were not the dominant caste as bigger Rajput states like Bikaner, Jodhpur and Jaipur. The figures taken from "Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. 2, q. 372,1981 Census II edition, 1885" compiled by W. W. Hunter, shall prove the point:

S.No.	Caste	Population
1.	Musalmans	1,05,666
2.	Chamars (S.C.)	88,584
3.	Brahmins	70,973
4.	Jats	53,967
5.	Gujars (OBC)	43,865
6.	Bania	39,301
7.	Meenas (S.T.)	12,139

12. Surprisingly, enough Jats of Bharatpur were not allowed to build house and reside in the capital town. Only a few blood relations of the ruling family lived in Bharatpur town. Situation was similar in Dholpur.

13. Another significant fact towards which we beg to draw your attention is that land grants system in Bharatpur and Dholpur states was completely at variance from Rajput states in Rajputana. Jagirdari system was not in existence in these two states and there were only petty landholders called Zamidars. Size of their holdings could qualify them only as small farmers.

14. A planning Commission sponsored study was undertaken by Dool Singh which has been published in book for titled "A Study of Land Reforms in Rajasthan" 1964. Photocopies of pp. 31,44,53 and 95 are appended and marked as Annexure 'A', 'B', 'C' & 'D' respectively. To fortify our submissions in context of land grant system and economic status of estate holders in general and Jats in particular in these two states, it may be clarified that after formation of Rajasthan, Dholpur state area was merged in to Bharatpur districts and so statistics given in the statement of Bharatpur also include Dholpur. Subsequently, Dholpur became a separate district. According to the statement 7.7 (Annexure 'D'), total number of Zamindari and Biswedari estate in both these states was 1,07,399 spread over in 240 villages having total area of 552 sq. miles. Thus the average size of each holding was only 1.31 hectares. These so called Zamindars can not be compared with Zamindars of U.P., Bihar or West Bengal and also not with big Jagirdars of other states of Rajputana.

15. An excerpt from "Rajasthan District Gazetteer (K.K. Sehgal) of Bharatpur 1971 p. 308 shall further elaborate the point under consideration:

"Land Tenures- In erstwhile Bharatpur state land tenures were divided in to Khalsa, Muafi and Istmarari and the areas under these tenures were respectively 87.6, 11.8 and 0.6 percent of the total area of the state Muafi tenure included land given

free in charity or for religious purposes to temples, Brahmins, Purohits etc. and also land held in reward (Inam) or on Chauth tenure. Istamrari tenure was of Thakurs, Sardars and relatives of chief, who-neither paid any revenue nor did they perform any service to the chief."

16. Thus the situation which emerges is that Jats who are called Thakurs in Bharatpur were estate holders of only 0.6 percent of the total area of agricultural lands. This included few bigger estates also held by blood relations of the rulers.

17. Keeping the background situation stated above in view we may now submit some salient points to prove that Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur district are not only as backward as Jats of other districts but even more backward than many other castes included in the OBCs lists for the state.

18. Social Backwardness :

(a) Amongst all the castes in Rajputana, child marriage in Jats was most prevalent and Bharatpur - Dholpur were no exceptions, as would be clear from the under mentioned figures taken from Census Report of 193l;

Bharatpur Boys- 33 Girls- 21

Dholpur Boys- 35 Girls- 27

(b) Widow marriage in the form of Nata, Karewa or Choodi Pehnana was very much in vogue in Jats of these two states as in other parts of Rajputana. For this reason, they were considered shudra by Brahmins and other upper castes. Relevant excerpt from "Rajasthan Distirct Gazetteers of Bharatpur (which also includes Dholpur) 1971" is reproduced below:

"Jats, Meenas and Gujars may all smoke together and eat together out of some Degchi but not out of same thali. (p. 9). Widow remarriage is prohibited among the higher Hindu castes but permitted among the Jats, Gujars, Ahirs, Meenas and other S.C. and S.T. castes." (p. 107).

"Divorce - Hindu marriage, being sacrament is irrevocable. However, in certain castes like Gujar, Jat, Meena, Koli, Lodha, Kachhi, Bhangi, Chamar etc. divorce is permitted by custom."

Thus it is very clear that though in these two states rulers happened to be Jats but as caste Jats were placed at a low social stratum at par with low castes which are now classified in S.C., S.T. or OBCs.

(c) It is a historical fact that Jats and Chamars had a very close social relationship. Chamars were held in good esteem by the Jats in spite of they being untouchable Shudra. Famous historian Kalika Ranjan Qanungo in his book "History of the Jats" 1987 edition records that Churaman Jat (1695-1721) the genius ruler of Bharatpur, after building a fort (subsequently called Lohagarh) entrusted its defence to Chamar chieftains, No parallel example can be found in history. where untouchables were not only recruited in the army but where so much of trust was reposed in them based on mutual respect and equality. The camaraderic established between Jats and Chamars gave birth to an adage, "Jat aur Chamar ki handi ek chullah chadhti hai" i.e. Jat and Chamar same the hearth to cook their meals.

(d) Qanungo, keeping his main focus on Jats of Bharatpur remarks at p. 6 of his book, "The Jat is still in tribal stage of social evolution, knowing no caste distinction or kulinism (i.e. social precedence based on birth). All tribesmen are on a dead level of equality modified only by habitual respect of elders. The Jat invariably marries the widow of his elder brother and this alone stands in the the way of his being recognised as pure Kshatriya." He further remarks at p.8 "Jats have always been, with very few exceptions an illiterate class "

19. All these facts provide enough proof to establish that Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur are at par in social backwardness with other castes who have been declared as OBC or even S.c. and S.T.

20. Educational Backwardness:

(a) Education of masses remained the last priority with rulers of Bharatpur and Dholpur and so all rural castes including Jats remained illiterate. Some excerpts from "Rajasthan Districts Gazetteer of Bharatpur (includes Dholpur) 1971" Would be enough to project the pitiable situation prevalent in the field of education.

"In 1868 the number of educational institutions was 89, of these 13 were Tehsili schools, 73 Halkabandi schools, two girls school and one school was located in Bharatpur town. These institutions had 2117 scholars." (p. 411)

"The Education Department as such, it may be recalled, had not been given any importance as would appear from the following remarks of the Dewan of Bharatpur state." Education is very much neglected and is consequently backward in the state, with 3223 students. (Source : Annual Report on the Administration of the Bharatpur State 1895-96)

The teachers employed in the rural schools had a very poor standard of their subjects. The Dewan of the state remarked- "of the Mofussal school teachers, I can safely say that many of them can not write a common letter without blunders, can not work out sums in rule of three and their knowledge of Geography is so limited that they do not even know the difference as whether Asia is a continent or an animal (Source : Annual Report on the Administration of Bharatpur State 1897-98 p. 73)

(b) Dholpur State:

"In 1900-01 there were only six schools in the state. The total number of average attendance of students that year was 308. (p. 414)"

In the. matter of literacy, Bharatpur state stood eleventh among twenty states and chiefships of Rajputana during 1901 census. The literacy percentage was 2.8 (males 5.2 and females 0.1). In the same year the literacy in Dholpur state was only 1.4 percent (2.6 percent males and 0.1 percent females).

At the time of the formation or United States of Matsya (1948) there was only one High School for the girls in the Bharatpur state and none in Dholpur.

(c) After formation of Rajasthan, much progress has been registered in the field of literacy in all the districts. Figures of rural literacy for the districts of Bharatpur and Dholpur and three other districts with the dominant Jat population are quoted below from the Census Report 2001.

Rural literacy (%)

S.No.	Name of the district	Men	Women
01.	Bharatpur	79.95	39.62
02.	Dholpur	75.29	39.37
03.	Jhunjhunu	86.36	59.80
04.	Sikar	87.74	55.70
05.	Nagaur	73.66	37.58

From comparison of these figures inference drawn is only this that these two districts are still educationally backward.

(d) Further, to prove educational backwardness of Jats in particular, we quote hereunder the figures of literacy as reported in Table XIV of the Report of Census of India 1931 Rajputana. Castes selected for comparison are those having comparable social and economic status and all of them have been declared OBC.

Percentage of literacy

S.No.	Caste	Men	Women
01.	Jat	1.21	0.06
02.	Gujar	0.84	0.03
03.	Ahir	1.40	0.06
04.	Khati	3.42	0.06
05.	Kumhar	1.13	0.06

Literacy percentage of certain other castes which too have been declared OBC like Charan, Sunar, Darji, Chipa and Nai is well beyond 10% and in case of Charan and Sunar it exceeds 20%.

21. All the facts narrated above should he enough to prove beyond any doubt that in matter of educational backwardness Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur are in no way better than any other OBC of Rajasthan.

22. Economic Backwardness:

(a) Jats of both these districts are still occupationally dependent on agriculture. A statement, taken from "Report on Agricultural Census 1995-96 of Rajasthan" is appended and marked Annexure 'E', which reveals that while the average holding in Rajasthan in 1995-96 is 3.96 hectare, in Bharatpur and Dholpur average size of holding is 1.76 and 1.57 hectare respectively which is much below the state average. Further, a very significant fact which emerges and is unique to only these two districts is that here the Scheduled Tribe holdings are bigger (though marginally) than the average holding and also that Scheduled Caste holding is almost equal to average holding. Figures, culled out from the statement are quoted hereunder:

District	Avg. holding	Avg. ST holding	Avg. holding SC
Bharatpur	1.76 ha.	1.78 ha.	1.17 ha.
Dholpur	l.57ha.	1.75ha.	1.10ha.

Due to population pressure these small holdings have now become totally unviable. Vast tracts of poor saline soils and ravinous tracts add to the misery and penury of the people. Low yields have forced agriculturists of these two districts to Census Report of 2001, density of population in Rajasthan is 165 persons per sq. km. while in Bharatpur it is 414 which is highest of all the districts excluding Jaipur which does have a very large urban population. Even in Dholpur density is quite high at 324 persons per sq. km.

(b) We may also state that no favour was shown to Jat agriculturist in both the states. On the other hand all the Jat estate holders were subjected to great exploitation by levying 1/4^th of their agriculture produce as compulsory levy by the state.

23. On the basis of all the facts narrated above the only inevitable conclusion to be drawn is that Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur are backward socially, educationally and also economically and they qualify for inclusion in Central OBCs list and their exclusion was in fact not justifiable.

24. As mentioned in the beginning that Rajasthan State Backward Commission after examining the case of Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur separately came to unanimous conclusion that Jats of these two districts are backward enough to be included in OBCs list of the state. In the process, the report of NCBC was also studied in detail by the State Commission and its unanimous conclusion was that no grounds were revealed in NCBC report to justify their exclusion. Excerpt from its VIII report submitted to the State Government in January 2000 is appended and marked Annexure 'F', which may kindly be perused. The State commission has a natural advantage of being nearer to the ground realities and thereby in a better position to make objective examination of both macro and micro social realities. Therefore; Central Government by using its inherent powers can very well take a decision, based on the findings of the State Commission; for including the Jats of Bharatur and Dholpur in the OBCs list drawn out for the state of Rajasthan. Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur have suffered-for quite long and ate waiting for justice. We may also bring this fact to the notice of your honour that in adjoining states of these two districts, that is Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi NCT, Jats have been included in OBC.

All our hopes are centred on you and we nurture a fervent hope that a day shall come soon for the Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur to take a sigh of relief on getting the social justice of which they have remained deprived for so long.

With grateful thanks and good wishes,

Yours faithfully,

(Raja Ram Meel)

President