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Maharashtra Assembly Thursday
unanimously passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation
for Marathas under socially and educationally backward
category.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who tabledthe bill,
thanked Opposition members for helping in passage of the bill
unanimously.
The bill provides for reservation of seats for
admissionin educational institutions and posts in public
services to Marathas whohave been declared as socially and
educationally backward class of citizens.
Earlier, Fadnavis also tabled the action taken report
(ATR) on the State Backward Class Commission's (SBCC)
recommendations for reservation to the Maratha community in
government jobs and education.
He also tabled the recommendations of the SBCC's
report on social, educational and financial status of the
Maratha community.
Marathas have been declared as socially and
educationally backward class of citizens (SEBC) and have
inadequate representation in services under the state, the
panel report said.
They are entitled to reservation benefits and
advantages enshrined in the Articles 15(4) and 16(4) of the
Constitution, it said.
The panel had suggested that looking at exceptional
circumstances and extra-ordinary situations generated on
declaring Marathas as socially and educationally backward and
their consequential entitlement to reservation benefits, the
government may take appropriate decision within constitutional
provision to address the emerging scenario in the state.
The Bill to provide for reservation of seats for
admission in educational institutions and posts in public
services in the state was tabled thereafter.
The Maratha community, which comprises over 30 per
cent of the state's population, has been seeking reservation
in government jobs and education for a long time. Their stir
for the same in July and August this year had taken a violent
turn.
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