India, Feb. 16 -- Since it is now mandatory to submit the school leaving certificate of one's father, grandfather, great-grandfather or any other ancestor with caste mentioned on it to procure an Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificate, citizens are thronging primary schools across the state to obtain these certificates.

Primary schools in many villages across Maharashtra are more than 100 years' old, and every day, five to six people are visiting these schools to get the school leaving certificates of their forefathers.

Primary teacher Rajni Kapadnis from Nashik district said, "We are getting daily applications for leaving certificates of old students. We have records of more than 100 years. Two of our records are in the Modi language...