The Government of Nagaland has announced the constitution of a Reservation Review Commission to examine and submit a report on Reservation Policy in Government employment and technical and professional courses in higher education.

According to a notification issued by the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department (P&AR) on November 12, the commission will make recommendations for a suitable policy governing equitable representation of various tribes of the State. It is also required to submit its report within six months.

The Commission will comprise of R. Ramakrishnan, IAS (Rtd.) as the Chairman with the AHoDs of Home Department/Home Commissioner, Law and Justice Department, Higher and Technical Education Department as members and the     AHoD of P&AR Department  as the Member Secretary.

The Commission has been empowered to access to all Government records and documents relevant to its duties, and to call any Government official/Department to brief the Commission on issues relating to the terms of reference of the Commission.

The Terms of Reference of the Commission include:

1. To examine the Constitutional and statutory provisions governing reservations in Government employment and in technical and professional courses in higher education in the Central and various relevant State Governments.
2. To critically examine the educational and economic parameters that are being applied for determining the criteria for reservation.
3. To examine the existing Reservation Policy in the State and its impact on representation of various categories in Government employment and in technical and professional courses.

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4. To hold comprehensive consultations with representatives of Apex Tribal bodies, and other stakeholders including students, employees’ associations and the like on the equitable application of the reservation policy.
5. To evolve and propose suitable criteria on which a tribe may be considered for reservation and the overall percentage of reservation and the inter se distribution.
6. To examine the extent to which reservation may address the defined backwardness of a tribe and the period for such reservations.
7. To examine the implementation and monitoring mechanism of the Reservation Policy, identify gaps and suggest suitable measures including appropriate technology interventions to make the mechanism robust, error free and fool proof.
8. To make recommendations, based on the terms of reference for the consideration of the Government.

The Commission will be provided with office space and requisite secretarial and logistical services by the Home Department by drawing upon the resources available with various other Departments. The notification also informed that the Finance Department will make provision for necessary budget to meet the expenditure requirements of the Commission.