Mumbai: The report of Maharashtra Backward Class Commission (MBCC) on the status of backwardness in Maratha community was accepted by the State Cabinet on Tuesday. It concludes that the Maratha community is a socially and educationally backward class and 10 percent reservation to the community in public services and admissions to educational institutions, respectively, is necessary.
A Special Assembly Session is being held on Tuesday wherein the lawmakers will be discussing the Maratha reservation issue. The decision to convene the Maharashtra Assembly special session was prompted by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil, who is on a hunger strike at Antarwali Saarati village in Jalna district.
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Last week, the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission submitted a report on its survey on the social, economic, and educational backwardness of the Maratha community on Friday. Following the submission of the report, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that reservation to Marathas will be given according to the terms of the law after presenting the report during the Special Assembly Session.
In related news, the Maharashtra Government is set to introduce a Bill on Tuesday, extending reservation to Marathas above the 50 percent mark in the special session of the State Legislature. According to reports, the government will extend 10 to 12 percent reservation to Marathas in education and jobs, similar to that given in 2018 by the then-State Government. The reservation will be extended based on a report submitted to the State Government by the Maharashtra Backward Class Commission (MBCC) headed by Chairman Justice (Retired) Sunil Shukre.
The report of Maharashtra Backward Class Commission on the status of backwardness in Maratha community was approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
It concludes that the Maratha community is a socially and educationally backward class and should be specified as such under Article 342A(3) of the Constitution of India and reservation should be made for those classes under Article 15(4), 15(5) and Article 16(4) of the Constitution.
The report, which was submitted to the government on Friday, further states that “an exceptional circumstances and exceptional circumstances specified by the Commission exists, while authorizing the granting of limited reservation of more than 50 percent to the Maratha community in reservation in admissions to civil institutions and in reservation in public services and posts.”
The report further suggests that 10 percent reservation to Maratha community in public services and 10 percent reservation in admissions to educational institutions is necessary and visible.
“It is desirable to make special provisions by law for reservation in public services for the advancement of the socially and educationally backward and for admissions to educational institutions other than those specified in Clause (1) of Article 30 of the Constitution of India,” the report of Backward Class Commission states.
Meanwhile, posters congratulating CM Shinde, Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, and the Maratha community were put on roads leading to the Vidhan Bhavan before the Special Session for Maratha reservation.
