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- In what comes as a relief to thousands of government employees, the Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim stay on a government resolution (GR) that would terminate their services under open category to fill the quota under Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC).
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- A Division Bench of Justices Ranjit More and M.S. Karnik was hearing a petition filed by Rekha Mandavak and others who are class I, II and III employees.
- They are all challenging the resolution passed on July 11 to fill government posts for SEBC from open category.
- On November 30, 2018, the Assembly had passed a Bill granting 16% reservation in education and government jobs to Marathas, and came up with SEBC.
- On June 27, this year, another Division Bench upheld reservation for Marathas in the State but quashed the 16% quota by calling it “not justifiable” and said it should not exceed 12% in education and 13% in jobs as recommended by the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission.
- The court granted interim stay on the GR and directed the government to maintain status quo. The matter will be heard on December 5.
Sources
The Hindu