Overview

• A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta refused to entertain Vanga Gopal Reddy’s plea under Article 32 and granted liberty to approach the Telangana High Court against G.O. Ms. No. 9.
• The petition argues the 42% BC quota pushes overall reservations to about 67% with SC/ST seats, breaching the Supreme Court’s 50% cap and violating Section 285A of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018.
• Related challenges are listed before the Telangana High Court on October 8, while the State Election Commission has announced phased rural local-body polls starting October 9 with polling later in October and November.
• The state has engaged senior advocates, including Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Siddharth Dave, and says the order rests on a caste survey, a dedicated BC commission, and empirical analysis meeting court ‘triple test’ requirements.
• BC organisations led by R. Krishnaiah plan to file impleader petitions to support the quota, and officials are preparing fallback options to revert to earlier reservation matrices if courts strike down the enhancement.