The Supreme Court today ruled that Jat community is not a backward community eligible to be included in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBC) of nine States. In the process, the Court quashed a notification issued by the Central government on March 4, 2014 according OBC status to Jats in the nine States of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.