Mumbai: A Public Interest Litigation against Maharashtra government providing 16 per cent reservation for Marathas, is scheduled to come up in Mumbai High Court on Wednesday.
The PIL filed by activist Ketan Tirodkar, said that Marathas are not a caste and they are a linguistic group. It said that they are a dominant community and not backward.
The PIL stated that the 16 per cent reservation is against the Supreme Court order which set a 50 per cent limit on quota.
The Maharashtra Cabinet had cleared a 16 per cent quota for the native Marathas in the state last month. It also approved 5 per cent reservation for the Muslim population.
The Chavan government had actually sought a 20 per cent quota.
Reservations already exist among OBCs for a section of Marathas, known as Kunbis. Maratha Kunbis, who are largely agriculturists, constituted 31.5 per cent of the population. They have a large presence in Vidarbha and Konkan.
At present, a total 356 backward castes get 19 per cent reservations, 51 scheduled castes and tribes get 11 per cent and 11 other castes in the special backward category get 2 per cent.
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