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Maharashtra: SC Directs SEC To Convert 27% Reserved Seats Into General Category

The Supreme Court held that local body elections in Maharashtra this year will be conducted without any reservation for the Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates.

Maharashtra: SC Directs SEC To Convert 27% Reserved Seats Into General Category
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On Wednesday, December 15, the Supreme Court held that local body elections in Maharashtra this year will be conducted without any reservation for the Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates, highlighted reports. With this, it shot down the state government’s plea to stay the complete poll procedure until empirical data on OBC communities be collected.

Therefore, the apex court has asked the state election commission to change the 27 per cent reserved seats into that general category. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar turned down the state government’s request seeking suspension of the complete process for at least three months.

During this, the commission set up by it could finish the task of collecting empirical data on OBCs and for the poll to be conducted after with seats being a reserve for the OBC candidates. Appearing for the state, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi stated that it would offer all amenities.

Rohatgi added that resources will also be provided to the commission to fasten the procedure to allow it to file a report within a span of three months.

The apex court accepted the Union government’s stand that it is “unusable” on account of inaccuracies in its data and dismissed the Maharashtra government’s plea to make it public.

Previously, on Tuesday, December 7, the State Election Commission (SEC) had deferred the local body polls for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.

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