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Author: Press Trust of India
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: October 18, 2005
Tamil Nadu is to explore the possibility of reserving some percentage of jobs in government services to Muslims taking note of the Supreme Court's verdict on a case challenging the validity of a state government act providing 69 per cent reservation for certain communities, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said today.
Talking to reporters at the secretariat, Jayalalithaa initially ruled out the possibility of such a reservation at the present stage but changed her stand at the fag end of the press meet.
Earlier, she said when the act providing 69 per cent reservation was "interfered with" by the Supreme Court and the act itself was in "jeopardy, we cannot think of reservation at this stage."
She later said demands of the Muslims "will be examined taking note of the SC verdict on the 1994 Tamil Nadu Reservation Act."
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