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IN PHOTOS: Protest by transgender community in Mumbai for government jobs

Updated On: 27 June, 2023 04:16 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Members of a transgender community on Tuesday protested in Mumbai demanding their members be given government jobs in Maharashtra. Pics/Sameer Markande

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The transgender community during a protest in Mumbai on Tuesday. Pics/Sameer Markande

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The transgender community during a protest in Mumbai on Tuesday. Pics/Sameer Markande
The Bombay High Court had in March asked the Maharashtra government to consider granting reservation to transgenders in state-run educational institutions and government jobs

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The Bombay High Court had in March asked the Maharashtra government to consider granting reservation to transgenders in state-run educational institutions and government jobs

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice S V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne asked a committee set up by the state government for the issue to consider and submit a report by June 7

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A division bench of Acting Chief Justice S V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne asked a committee set up by the state government for the issue to consider and submit a report by June 7

A transgender who is a graduate in Electrical Engineering and post graduate in Technology (Electrical Power System Engineering), had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court

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A transgender who is a graduate in Electrical Engineering and post graduate in Technology (Electrical Power System Engineering), had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court

The petition was filed to seek modification to the advertisement issued by MahaTransco in May this year for mass recruitment to include transgender category

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The petition was filed to seek modification to the advertisement issued by MahaTransco in May this year for mass recruitment to include transgender category

The petitioner's lawyer had informed the court that 1 per cent reservation was provided for transgenders in all caste categories in Karnataka, and sought that such reservation policy be adopted in Maharashtra as well

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The petitioner's lawyer had informed the court that 1 per cent reservation was provided for transgenders in all caste categories in Karnataka, and sought that such reservation policy be adopted in Maharashtra as well

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