Rajasthan government receives HC notice regarding transpeople classification petition.

• Transwoman, Ganga Kumari, challenges Rajasthan’s classification of transgender people as Other Backward Classes (OBC) for reservation in public education and employment.
• The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State government authorities to respond within four weeks.
• Kumari, the first transwoman to enter service as a Rajasthan police constable, argues that the OBC classification is unconstitutional and counterproductive.
• She argues that the circular fails to consider transpeople born in General category communities or Scheduled Caste communities.
• Kumari’s petition also argues that the circular fails to account for the “unique status” of transpeople and denies them special treatment as per the 2014 NALSA judgment.