The West Bengal government today announced 10 per cent quota in employment for Muslims under the OBC category. The state government declared the quota for the Muslims who were educationally, socially and economically backward in the state. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told newsmen at the state secretariat that the government has decided to accept the recommendations of the Ranganath Mishra Commission and will take steps to implement it. He said like other states there is reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in the state. The government, he said, had begun the process of identifying Muslims who are educationally, socially and economically backward. There is 7 per cent reservation for OBCs in the state.<br/>Earlier in the day, the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down a state law providing 4 per cent reservation in educational institutions and jobs to 15 groups belonging to the Muslim community. Stating that the reservation on the basis of religion is against the spirit of the Constitution, a Constitutional Bench headed by A R Dave has struck down the 4% Reservations provided to the minorities. The state Government has been providing reservations to back ward Muslims in educational institutions. The bench said the state Government had not taken the decision on the basis of realistic studies and said a proper study had not been done and sufficient data was not collected before providing Reservations on the basis of religion. Soon after the court's order, Chief Minister K Rosaiah directed the state advocate general D S R Murthy to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging the verdict.