Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday approved the appointment of former Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice (Retired) Mool Chand Garg as chairman of the Expert Committee to review the State Reservation Policy.
Beside Justice (Retired) Garg, the cabinet also approved the appointment of four other members of the committee.
Addressing media persons, Cabinet Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said former Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice (Retired) Mool Chand Garg has been appointed as chairman of the Expert Committee while former Judge of Allahabad High Court Justice (Retired) Dr Satish Chandra as expert member in Constitutional law.
Prof DV Kumar from Department of Sociology, NEHU, Shillong as expert member in Sociology, Prof Chander Shekhar from Department of Fertility and Social Demography, Indian Institute of Population Sciences (deemed to be University), Mumbai as expert member in population studies and Prof Subhadip Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy in IIM, Shillong as expert member in Economics.
Lyngdoh said that the terms of reference of the Expert Committee will be to study the current reservation policy and recommend modifications, if necessary and to undertake wide ranging consultations with all stakeholders and visit various locations of the State to solicit the views of all stakeholders.
“The timeframe to be given to this committee will be 12 months to complete its task,” she said.