Chennai, May 26 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday chaired a review meeting regarding the initiation of appropriate legal measures to safeguard the 69 per cent reservation policy in educational institution admissions and government employment opportunities in the state.

The Tamil Nadu government provides 26.5 per cent reservation to Backward Classes, 20 per cent to Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities, 18 per cent to Scheduled Castes, 3.5 per cent to Backward Class Muslims and 1 per cent to Scheduled Tribes.

The 69 per cent reservation policy exceeds the 50 per cent ceiling set by the Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney versus Union of India and Others, 1992.

The 69 per cent reservation Tamil Nadu Backward Cl...