THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 27: The LDF government in Kerala has decided to implement 33 per cent job reservation for scheduled castes and backward classes in the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) which manages temples in South Kerala, including the famed Sabarimala shrine.
According to government and TDB sources, a notification was issued in this regard based on a recommendation from the board.
Besides SC-ST sections, the decision would help backward communities like Ezhavas, Viswakarmas, Dheevaras and Nadars secure jobs in offices of the board and administrative wings attached to important temples in southern districts.
Demand for special job quota in TDB has been a long pending demand of organisations like Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP). This was, however, opposed by Nair Service Society (NSS).
The reaction to the decision was on expected lines with SNDP general secretary Vellapalli Natesan hailing it while NSS supremo P K Narayana Panicker argued that the government did not have powers to implement reservation in an autonomous body like Devaswom Board.
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