Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Telangana Government’s OBC Reservation Increase

The Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition challenging the Telangana government’s decision to raise Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations in municipalities and panchayats to 42%, bringing total reservations to 67%.

The plea, filed by Vanga Gopal Reddy, argued that the move breached the 50% ceiling on quotas in local bodies set by the Court’s earlier judgments.

A Division Bench dismissed the challenge, stating that there were insufficient grounds to invoke Article 32.

The Court observed that its original jurisdiction cannot be exercised without adhering to the proper chain of authority.

[Vanga Gopal Reddy v. State of Telangana]