Mumbai, May 21 -- In a big relief to students seeking admission to medical and dental under-graduate and post graduate courses under Maratha reservation quota, the Maharashtra government on Monday promulgated the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2019 to facilitate reservations to the students concerned.

Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao signed the ordinance on the basis of an advice given by the Maharashtra Cabinet that such an ordinance was necessary to provide the benefit of reservations in admissions to SEBC classes in Medical and Dental under-graduate and post-graduate courses.

"There shall now be reservations in favour of the candidates bel...