The CPM welcomed the judgement and asked the government to take immediate steps to implement the quota from the coming academic year.
''The Politburo of the CPM welcomes the judgement of the Supreme Court upholding the law passed for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in educational institutions run by the Union government,'' the CPM said in a statement in New Delhi.
It also welcomed the court decision to exclude the creamy layer in the OBCs from the quota.
