Overview

• The state issued a Government Resolution implementing the Hyderabad Gazette to facilitate Kunbi certificates for Marathwada Marathas.
• Activist Manoj Jarange-Patil ended a five-day fast after the cabinet sub-committee accepted most of his demands tied to the gazette-based process.
• The government said a separate order to operationalise the Satara Gazette will be released within a month to cover parts of western Maharashtra.
• Three-member committees will be formed at the taluka level to examine records and oversee certificate issuance under the new framework.
• OBC organisations signalled court challenges, noting past Supreme Court and Bombay High Court views that Marathas and Kunbi are distinct, while experts say the GR largely maintains existing requirements for genealogical proof.