T'gana Govt Implements Sub-categorisation of SC

The Telangana government on Monday went ahead with a sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes in quotas in educational institutions and for government jobs, issuing a gazette notification and becoming among the first batch of states in the country to implement sub-categorisation after the Supreme Court allowed the same in August 2024.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD:

Haryana was the first state to go ahead with sub-categorisation in Scheduled Caste reservation in 2024 soon after the apex court order. To be sure, some states allowed sub-categorisation in reservation for different categories even before that.

A Telangana cabinet sub-committee headed by state minister for irrigation N Uttam Kumar Reddy and comprising other ministers C. Damodar Rajanarsimha, Ponnam Prabhakar and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy handed over the first copy of the gazette notification to chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday afternoon.