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Land Reforms and Backward Classes Commissions in Karnataka - Class VII
L.G Havanur and T Venkataswamy were Commissions related to ___________
Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs appointed the first Backward Classes Commission under the Chairmanship of L.G. Havanur in 1975. The percentage of students of different castes who passed in the S.S.L.C. examination in 1975 was taken as the criterion for determining the backwardness of those castes. As per there commendations of the Havanur report, a Government Order was issued in 1977. The Karnataka government gave the assurance that all the deficiencies in the report would be rectified. Towards that end, the T. Venkataswamy Commission was appointed in 1983. However, due to political pressures, the Venkataswamy report was not accepted by the government.