The notification was necessitated as the Bombay High Court on June 27 had upheld the enactment of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act 2018 Maharashtra government on Thursday issued a notification to protect the recruitment of Maratha candidates or the pending recruitment process initiated under the Educationally and Socially Backward Class (ESBC) category between July 9, 2014, and November 11, 2014. The Maratha community candidates had got jobs under the 16% quota provided by the then Congress-led government through the promulgation of an ordinance which was later stayed by the high court.
The notification was necessitated as the Bombay High Court on June 27 had upheld the enactment of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act 2018 but reduced the 16% quota Maratha community under SEBC category to 12% in education and 13% in the government jobs.However, with current notification, the candidates from the general category, who were recruited in place of ESBC candidates between July 9, 2014, and November 11, 2014 through advertisement as temporary employees will lose their jobs. There are about 1,500 recruitees from the general category who will have to vacate their posts.