Shillong, April 1:The expert committee to review the state reservation policy will submit its report on April 12.
An official source said the report will be submitted on April 12 afternoon to Chief Secretary DP Wahlang.
The VPP-led protests had forced the government to constitute the committee on June 1, 2023.
Later in August, the government notified the chairman and members of committee giving time of one year to complete the task after examining the reservation resolution dated January 12,1972.
The committee received varied views from the stakeholders.
Some representations received by the committee were for status quo while others were for review.
The committee is headed by retired justice Mool Chand Garg of High Court of Madhya Pradesh.
The members are retired justice of Allahabad High Court and expert in constitutional law Dr Satish Chandra, professor, department of sociology, NEHU DV Kumar, professor, department of fertility and social demography, India Institute of Population Sciences , Mumbai, Chander Shekhar and assistant professor of economics and public policy in IIM, Shillong Shubhadip Mukherjee.
The terms of reference were to study the current reservation policy and recommend modifications if necessary, to undertake wide-ranging consultations with all stakeholders and visit various locations of the state to solicit views of the stakeholders.
The committee held public hearings in Shillong and Tura.
