Right from the day one of the formation of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, major changes have been done in the newly created Union Territory by the Government for bringing it at par with other states and UTs thereby ending the decades old discrimination prevalent in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir which was considered as a main blockade in the path of development. Although, with the repeal of the controversial articles 370 and 35A, various new rules and regulations which were earlier not applicable in J&K were implemented successfully across the Union Territory still there were several issues which remain unresolved thereby inviting a wide-spread resentment among some selected sections of people. One such major issue, being highlighted from past few years was granting of adequate reservation benefits to the people belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) as despite becoming a Union Territory, the OBCs were not getting full reservation benefits at par with their counterparts living in other states and UTs and time and again, various demands were made by several organizations and political parties to fulfil this long pending genuine demand for meeting the aspirations of OBC communities. Now it seems that the days of wait for the members of OBC communities are few as the J&K Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission has submitted its interim report to the Government for granting reservations to Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The commission has submitted its supplementary report to J&K Government, which will take the final call in this regard followed by the Union Home Ministry and thereafter the matter will be presented in the Parliament for final decision. As per the sources, the commission has also suggested for granting reservation to Paharis and inclusion of several new areas and castes in the OBC category. Pertinent to mention here that the commission was set up in March 2020 with a two years term under the leadership of Justice (Retired) GD Sharma and Rup Lal Bharti and Munir Khan as Members. At present, OBCs in J&K are getting just four per cent reservation and it is expected that very soon the commission will finalize its report and Paharis will also get their due share in reservation benefits for which they were struggling from a long period.