Overview

• Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta are listed to take up a petition by Vanga Gopal Reddy contesting G.O. Ms. No. 09, issued on September 26 to raise Backward Classes reservation to 42%.
• The plea argues the order breaches the 50% cap by taking total reservations with SC and ST to about 67% and cites Section 285A of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act and Supreme Court rulings in K. Krishna Murthy and Vikas Gawali.
• The petitioner contends the state failed the ‘triple test’ for OBC quotas and questions reliance on a commission report he says was not publicly released or debated.
• Telangana’s State Election Commission has notified a phased rural local body election schedule, with nominations opening October 9 and first polling set for October 23, while High Court hearings are slated for October 8.
• Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Vakiti Srihari met senior lawyers in Delhi to defend the order, as BC groups pledged to file impleaders and press for implementation; ministers urged petitioners to withdraw.