Overview
- The bench directed the state on Thursday to file an affidavit within three weeks and fixed a detailed hearing for May 4.
- The petition by advocate Syed Ejaz Abbas Naqvi seeks to quash the February 17 order that ended the SEBC pathway for Muslim groups to claim a 5% education quota.
- The government resolution also stopped issuing caste and non‑creamy layer certificates to Muslims listed under Special Backward Category‑A, which blocks access to reserved seats.
- The court asked the petitioner to provide English translations of the impugned order and cited material, and it noted the state’s request, through AGP Kavita N. Solunke, for time to reply by around April 23.
- The dispute follows a 2014 High Court ruling that upheld the 5% quota for education but not for jobs, after which the ordinance lapsed later that year, leaving today’s rollback to be tested on data and constitutional grounds.