India, Sept. 1 -- Even as the government sub-committee on reservation negotiates with Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, some government officials have cited earlier judgements which show that it is not possible to give all Marathas Kunbi certificates and en masse reservation. The officials said these judgements could be the main obstacle in the present-day Maratha reservation tangle, and have also briefed the cabinet sub-committee led by minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on this.

The officials cited the case of a certain Balasaheb Rangnath Chavan who was given a Kunbi certificate in 2001, upon which a complaint was filed by Jagannath Hole in the Bombay high court. On October 17, 2003, high court judges B H Marlapalle and A S Ba...