The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, today indicated it will go ahead with the admission process for the 2007 batch without providing for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in the wake of the Supreme Court order.

"That question can be answered by the order of the Supreme Court," IIM (A) director Bakul Dholakia, told reporters when asked if it was safe to presume at this stage that the 27 per cent quota for OBCs will not be there in the current academic session.

Dholakia's remarks came shortly after the Supreme Court rejected the Centre's plea for vacation of the stay on OBC quota while agreeing to examine the request for referring the quota issue to a constitution bench.

He, however, said that all the six IIM directors would meet to discuss the issue and would await a fresh directive from the HRD ministry.

"We understand that the court has clearly said that 27 per cent reservation for OBC could not be applicable for the year 2007-08," he said.

"Should that be the case, we would expect the government to consider this aspect and take a decision pretty soon," he said.

Consequentially, if the HRD ministry revises its directives of April 5 and April 19, "we will be able to decide our course of action straightaway" he said.

"But till we are able to talk among each other (directors of the six IIMs) and also discuss the matter with the ministry, it will not be possible to make any observation one way or the other at this point of time," he said.

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