The Maharashtra Private Professional Educational Institutions (Reservation of seats for admission for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 2006
The Maharashtra Private Professional Educational Institutions (Reservation of seats for admission for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 2006
This law mandates a fifty percent seat reservation for marginalized communities, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, in private professional colleges across Maharashtra. It applies to all private professional educational institutions in the state, except minority institutions. The act is important because it guarantees fairer access to higher professional education for historically disadvantaged student groups. By reserving seats in fields like engineering and medicine, it promotes social justice and educational equity. Violation of these regulations renders admissions void and penalizes institutions with hefty fines or imprisonment, ensuring strict compliance with these necessary and crucial state equity mandates.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Applicability.
- 4. Reservation in Aided Private Professional Educational Institutions.
- 5. Reservation in Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions.
- 6. Irregular admissions void.
- 7. Penalty.
- 8. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 9. Power to make rules.
- 10. Provisions of the Act to be in addition to any other law.
- 11. Provisions not to prohibit Minority Educational Institutions from making reservations.
- 12. Power to remove difficulty.
- 13. Repeal of Mah. Ord. V of 2006 and saving.
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