Thiruvananthapuram: Considering the change in the socio-economic conditions of the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), the Kerala High Court came out with a revolutionary decision to bring down their reservation criteria in higher education and employment sector.

The court in its much sought after decision announced that the reservations made in the government sector would only check their growth and they would not be able to come out of it.

It further realized that time has come to bring them at par with the general category by awakening them from their "nap of satiated indifference."

The radical observation came while the court dismissed the Muslim Jamaat Council's petition challenging the government order of September 8, 2008 of granting 10% reservation in state-run colleges and 7.5% in university departments for Below Poverty Line (BPL) students from forward castes.

The Bench said it is the policy matter of the government and it could not interfere with the issue.

"The reservations of these communities till now have created a platform for them to exist sans quota. They should now try to improve their lot and compete with the forward groups in the job sector. The higher the competition the greater would be their chance to improve," the court said.

The Bench cleared its intention to uplift the BPL segment from among the forward communities.

The poor among the forward community are the one who suffer the brunt as the reservations are meant only for the SC/ ST and OBC segments which is why the court does not find itself guilty of introducing such reforms as it aims to provide relief to the poor belonging to the upper class.