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Reservation for Marathas in Maharashtra government jobs and education institutes is constitutionally correct but should be reduced from 16 per cent to 12-13 per cent, said the Bombay High Court on Thursday.
"We hold and declare that the state government possesses legislative competence to create a separate category of the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) and grant reservation," said a bench comprising Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre.
The court said the reservation should be reduced as recommended by the State Backward Classes Commission.
The court was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging Maharashtra government's decision granting 16 per
