<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that individual departments and not universities or colleges will be considered as the unit for implementing reservation for SC/ST or OBC in the appointment of faculties members. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The apex court rejected the Centre's plea seeking review of its earlier verdict by which it had declined to interfere with a decision of the Allahabad High Court on the crucial quota issue.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The top court also dismissed the prayer for an open court hearing of the Centre's review petition.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Indira Bannerjee dismissed the review petitions filed by Centre, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and several individual petitioners. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It said that appeals of the Centre, the UGC and other individual petitioners were dismissed as the findings in the order of the high court was found to be correct.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The apex court had on January 21st, dismissed the appeals of the Centre and UGC against the order of Allahabad High Court which had ruled that quota for SC/ST or OBC in posts of faculty will be calculated department-wise and not College or University-wise.</span><br />''