Maharashtra Cabinet approves report suggesting 10% reservation for Marathas, to introduce Bill today
There is an exceptional case wherein Marathas can be given reservation by exceeding the 50 per cent cap in Maharashtra, says the report.
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Crowd of Maratha community at Shivaji Chowk in Navi Mumbai on January 26 (Express photo by Narendra Vaskar)The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved the report of the Maharashtra Backward Class Commission saying the Maratha community is a socially and educationally backward class and should get 10 per cent reservation in education and government jobs.
The Maharashtra Government will introduce the Bill on Tuesday to extend reservations to Marathas.
In its report submitted to the Maharashtra Government on Friday, the Commission said the Maratha community should be specified as such under Article 342A(3) of the Constitution of India and reservations should be given to these classes under Article 15(4), 15(5) and Article 16(4). The report also said 84 per cent of Marathas are not advanced or well-to-do.
The report said there is an exceptional case wherein Marathas can be given reservation by exceeding the cap of 50 per cent reservation in the state. “Exceptional and extraordinary circumstances specified by the Commission exists while authorising the granting of limited reservation of more than 50 per cent to the Maratha community in reservation in admissions to civil institutions and in reservation in public services and posts,” it said.
The report adds, “Ten per cent reservation to Maratha community in public services and 10 per cent 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 stated.
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