The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, (IIM-L), will now ask for detailed information about the financial condition of those OBC candidates who have been shortlisted for admission according to the ‘creamy layer’ guidelines of the Union Ministry of Human Resources. This comes after the institute found that 28 of the 49 candidates shortlisted for the admission have an annual family income of Rs 2.5 lakh and more.

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court had allowed 27 per cent reservation for OBC candidates in the institutes of higher learning but at the same time forbade the ‘creamy layer’ from getting the benefit.

Like other institutes, the IIM-L has agreed to implement the quota from this academic session. However, with less information about the OBC candidates’ financial status, the institute has been forced to get additional information from students.

“We will try to get as much information as we can from the candidates and then will verify their records as well so that justice is done to all eligible candidates,” said Prof S K B Nair, chairman (Admissions) of IIM-L. The information regarding the annual income of the candidates’ family was part of the usual admission procedure.

Sources in the institute said 49 OBC candidates have made it to the merit list of around 1,600 candidates. They will now compete for the 23 seats reserved out of the total 330 seats.