When exactly does the state government plan on deciding the Maratha reservation issue? This question is being raised not by the Maratha community but by First Year Junior College (FYJC) students and their parents after their admissions too got stalled by the Supreme Court order in September.

This has led to frustration amongs students who seem to be stuck in a morass of somebody else's making. Their distress is doubled as they witness their peers beginning their new lives. Busy helping their children calm down, parents, in a prominent report in this paper, expressed how there needs to be clear communication from the government, with regular updates on websites. Colleges, too, remain clueless.