Admissions to the University and concessions for certain classes

The University shall be open to all persons, who or whose parents have resided in the State of Maharashtra for not less than ten years, and no person shall be excluded from admission to any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction or course of study on the ground only of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth or political or other opinion :

Provided that, the University may, subject to the previous sanction of the State Government, reserve certain seats for purposes of admission as students in any college or institution maintained or controlled by the University for the following classes of persons, namely :—

1. (i) the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, (