{"id":35363,"date":"2014-09-29T15:14:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T09:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35363"},"modified":"2014-09-29T15:14:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T09:44:52","slug":"pil-seeks-reservation-dhangar-community-maha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-seeks-reservation-dhangar-community-maha","title":{"rendered":"PIL seeks reservation for &#8216;dhangar&#8217; community in Maha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dhangar.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35364\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-seeks-reservation-dhangar-community-maha\/dhangar\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/dhangar.jpg?fit=351%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"351,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dhangar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/dhangar.jpg?fit=300%2C123&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-35364\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dhangar-300x123.jpg?resize=300%2C123&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"dhangar\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/dhangar.jpg?resize=300%2C123&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/dhangar.jpg?resize=150%2C61&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/dhangar.jpg?w=351&amp;ssl=1 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Bombay High Court has sought a direction to the Maharashtra government to provide reservation for dhangar (shepherd) community.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL, filed by a political activist Hemant Patil last week, is expected to come up for hearing this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Dhangar community is socially, educationally, economically and politically backward in the state. It is also a politically unorganised community. Traditionally, members of this community have been shepherds and thrived in the sale of wool etc. For their livelihood, said the petition.<\/p>\n<p>The petition said that there have been protests all over the state for providing reservation by including the Dhangar community in the Scheduled Tribes category.<\/p>\n<p>At a function at Indapur in Pune district recently, protesters threw ink on Maharashtra Cooperatives Minister Harshvardhan Patil causing minor injury to his left eye, the PIL submitted.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner, who is head of &#8220;Desh Bachao Party, a local political outfit, said that recently the state had announced 16 per cent reservation for Marathas and 5 per cent for Muslims. However, Dhangar community has been excluded.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL further said that in various states of the country, this community has been given reservation but in Maharashtra they have been left out and hence a direction may be issued to the state government to provide them reservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Bombay High Court has sought a direction to the Maharashtra government to provide reservation for dhangar (shepherd) community. The PIL, filed by a political activist Hemant Patil last week, is expected to come up for hearing this week. 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