Datar: In 1991, when the Central Government made the controversial office memorandum, even that was 27% because the 50% limit had to be taken into consideration. This submission is sufficient to strike down Sections 3 and 4 of the Maharashtra Act.

Datar: It has to be taken into account that Dr. Ambedkar himself contemplated that reservation had to be confined to minorities. Reservation for majority was never envisaged by the founding fathers.