The Supreme Court admitted a bunch of petitions challenging the decision to fix 4.50 lakh rupees as the minimum annual income for the people among Other Backward Classes (OBCs) to be regarded as “creamy layer” or elite who would not be eligible for various benefits. A Bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia decided to examine the rationale behind the Centre's 13thOctober 2008, order that raised the income criterion from 250,000Rupees to 450,000 Rupees . The Bench, comprising Justices K S Radhakrihnan and Swatanter Kumar,also asked the Centre to put on affidavit the assumptions on the basis of inflation etc that was considered for determining the figure Rs 4.50 lakhs. The apex court had on 15th December, 2008, issued a notice to the Centre on the petitions challenging the revision of the income criterion for determining creamy layer among Other Backward for admission to educational institutions.