The Maharashtra government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it has taken a decision that no fresh recruitment will be made till September 15 against the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic.

A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat then deferred the hearing on the validity of reservations for the Maratha community to September 1, after the state government cited the May 4 government order freezing recruitment.