With the Supreme Court allowing OBC quota in local body polls in Maharashtra, the BMC might repeat the ward reservation exercise to block wards for the Other Backward Classes. The Congress, which had criticised the earlier exercise, said civic authorities must follow all processes should they go for the ward reservation once again. The number of wards in the city has increased to 236 this time.

In May, the corporation had reserved certain wards under SC, ST and women’s categories. It had excluded the OBC quota as there was a court stay. The Apex court on Wednesday lifted the stay, allowing a 27 per cent reservation for OBCs.