On Sunday, the Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra passed the Maratha Reservation Bill. The report and bill pertaining to the Maratha reservation are likely to be tabled during the Winter Session of the Legislative Assembly.
After massive protests that went for many days, the state government finally gave its nod on the quota for Marathas who were demanding reservation in education and jobs.
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In order to give reservation to Marathas, the state will create a new category called SEBC (socially and economically backward) as per the recommendation of the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission, which submitted its report in the matter to Chief Secretary DK Jain on Thursday. The government decided to create the new category for Marathas stating extraordinary circumstance so that rights of both Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Marathas are not affected.
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According to the Supreme Court ruling itself, the state government said that under certain provisions of Article 15 of the Constitution, the reservation can be provided over and above the prescribed 50 per cent. However, CM Fadnavis added that it was tough to say if communities other than Marathas could be included in SEBC in the future or not.
The panel, which was headed by Justice N G Gaikwad (retired), had evaluated the socio-economic status of around 43,000 families and had studied almost 2 lakh memorandums submitted to it, apart from going through empirical data on the social financial and educational backwardness of the Maratha community.
Starting November 19, the Maharashtra Assembly is set to meet for the two-week Winter Session in Mumbai.
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