A PIL has urged the Bombay High Court to restrain or ban an activist from staging a protest along with his followers at the Assembly building here on August 1 to seek reservation for Dhangar community in Maharashtra, stating that it would create a law and order problem.

The PIL said that activist Hemant Patil has already advertised his protest by way of pamphlets, posters and banners. If the said protest is not restrained or banned, there is likelihood of deterioration in law and order situation in Mumbai as well as all over Maharashtra.