Mumbai, February 18 The Maharashtra government has cancelled the five per cent reservation for members of the Muslim community in jobs and education.
A Government Resolution (GR) was issued on Tuesday, as the previous ordinance regarding the five per cent reservation has expired, and there is an interim court stay on that decision.
The previous Congress-NCP government had issued an ordinance to grant a 16 per cent quota to Marathas and five per cent to Muslims.
According to the new GR, all previous decisions and the ordinance related to the five per cent reservation in government, semi-government jobs and educational institutions for the socially and educationally backward Muslim group included under the Special Backward Category (A) have been cancelled.
The government has cancelled the earlier decisions and circulars from 2014 and has stopped issuing caste and non-creamy layer certificates to Muslims in the Special Backward Category, the new order said.
