<h1>Local body poll directive requires prompt notification and preserves prior OBC reservation posture while mandating data-driven census review.</h1> The Supreme Court directed the State Election Commission to notify Maharashtra local body elections within four weeks and conclude them within four months, preserved OBC reservation as it existed prior to the 2022 Banthia Commission report, and accepted the panel's recommendation for a census-based exercise to fix exact OBC data to inform future reservation allocations.