With the state government all set to issue an ordinance allowing 16 per cent Maratha reservation in Post-Graduate Medical admissions, those against it now cry of injustice. Parents of open category students said the police were not allowing them to stage a protest at Azad Maidan even though those seeking reservation were continuing with their agitation at the same spot. They have planned another protest at Carter Road today to express their disappointment over the ordinance, and were also considering legal action.

According to sources, once the ordinance is out, the state would start the admission process under the new reservation policy. A total of 213 students would get admission in the reserved category. Simultaneously, those against reservation would move court. Following the Bombay High Court and Supreme Court orders in April this year, the state had cancelled all the admissions done in November 2018. After the students, who were given admission under the reserved category started protesting at Azad Maidan, the state decided to issue an ordinance to regularise those admissions.