In an attempt to resolve a crisis that arose after the apex court’s scrapping of the Maratha reservation, Maharashtra government on Monday allowed the community to share the 10 per cent Economically Weaker Section quota given to people who are not covered under any social reservation.

Earlier, Marathas couldn’t avail of the EWS quota because they were included in the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC). But since the state lost the SEBC quota in the Supreme Court recently, the community had threatened a stir from June 6. Till other attempts to restore the Maratha quota succeed, the government has thought of extending the EWS benefit to certified economically weaker people from the community.