Lucknow, May 21 -- Retired Allahabad High Court Judge Ram Autar Singh has been appointed to head a five-member Uttar Pradesh State Rural Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission to examine issues related to reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in panchayati raj institutions.
Justice Ram Autar Singh, has been appointed chairman of the commission for a period of six months from the date of assuming charge, according to a notification issued by the Panchayati Raj Department.
The other members of the Commission are retired additional district judges Brijesh Kumar and Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma, along with retired IAS officers Dr Arvind Kumar Chaurasiya and SP Singh.
The commission has been constituted under an earlier notif...