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OBC Leaders in Maharashtra Plan Court Challenge to Kunbi Certificate Order

Ministers say the certificates will be issued only after document checks with no impact on the OBC quota.

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Overview

  • NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal said OBC leaders are consulting lawyers and will approach the Bombay High Court or Supreme Court early next week.
  • Bhujbal met OBC leaders and legal experts in Mumbai after skipping a cabinet meeting earlier in the day and criticized the government resolution.
  • The government resolution, issued Tuesday using Hyderabad Gazetteer records, aims to fast‑track Kunbi caste certificates for eligible Marathas and followed Manoj Jarange‑Patil’s hunger strike.
  • OBC organisations signaled statewide protests after the Ganpati festival and plans to submit memorandums, with leaders reporting copies of the GR being burned.
  • Activists Laxman Hake and Vinod Patil called the order unlawful or ineffective, while minister Radhakrishna Vikhe‑Patil said certificates will follow strict scrutiny and will not reduce OBC reservations.