The Centre today placed before the Supreme Court the relevant material and documents on the basis of which it carved out 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in the central educational institutions such as IITs. Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji mentioned the issue and placed the documents before a bench comprising justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar.

The Court asked the Ministry of Human Resources Development yesterday to place the relevant material by today.The apex court refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the 4.5 per cent sub- quota for minorities within the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions. It had posted the matter for heariang tomorrow.