The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the
Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order which stayed a
government order providing 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes in local
bodies.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta
dismissed the state's plea against the October 9 order of the Telangana High
Court.
The high court had issued an interim stay against
the government order.
The high court, which was hearing a batch of
petitions challenging the state government's order that increased the Backward
Classes quota, had directed the state to file its reply in four weeks.
Some of the petitioners before the high court
challenged the September 26, 2025, government order, saying the 42 per cent
quota to Backward Classes raises total reservation in local bodies to 67 per
cent. It breaches the 50 per cent ceiling on reservations laid down by the
court in its verdicts, they claimed.