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The decision of reserving 10% seats in Maharashtra Medical colleges allegedly left less than 30% seats for open Category. Students move to the High Court to challenge the decision made on 9th January by the Indian Central government.
A group of young medical aspirants in Maharashtra has moved to the Bombay High Court to challenge the 10% Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota in the medical Colleges of Maharashtra.
By the provisions of the Central Government, Maharashtra medical colleges are implementing 10% seat reservations for Economically Backward Sections (EWS) which has brought down seat availability for general/open category students drastically. Currently, the seat matrix in the Maharashtra medical colleges shows significantly fewer seats to provide a full reservation to the government-implemented SEBC and EWS.
The decision was taken on January 9th of the current year as the 124th amendment in the constitution of India top provide 10% reservations in Education and jobs to people belonging from economically weaker sections in the general caste category.
The state government of Maharashtra came up with the decision to secure 10% seats to the economically weaker general category of students in the courses of M.B.B.S, M.D, M.D. (Dental) and other medical and health science courses. The decision reduced the open Category seats to less than 30% which was previously around 50% in Medical Colleges. The students decided to move to Bombay HC to convey their deprivation.
The 10% EWS quota is to be implemented from 2019-20 academic year in Maharashtra in all government and government-aided medical colleges.
The students challenge the decision saying that this amendment in constitution resulted in 76% of total reservation in medical colleges which left a handful of seats for open Category Students.
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Advocate Satish Talekar, who decided to fight the case on behalf of the students informed that the government can only push reservations when it has issued a notification of newly implemented reservation before six months of the decision coming into force. In this case, the government did not abide by their own rules.
Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre led Justice Bench in Bombay HC are likely to take up the matter for hearing.
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