State Act
Section 12. Procedure of issuance of Caste Certificate and Validity Certificate.
The Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2024.
12. Procedure of issuance of Caste Certificate and Validity Certificate.— The provisions of the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000 (Mah. XXIII of 2001) and the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Rules, 2012, shall mutatis mutandis apply for issuance of Caste Certificate and Validity Certificate for Maratha Community as Socially and Educationally Backward Class, for the purposes of this Act.