SC refuses to lift stay on 42 pc Backward Classes quota in Telanganalocal bodies

In a jolt to the Telangana government, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the interim stay granted by the Telangana High Court on a Government Order (GO) providing 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies across the state.

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A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta clarified that the Telangana High Court should continue hearing the petitions challenging the BC quota on merits, uninfluenced by the dismissal of the state government's Special Leave Petition (SLP). On 9 October, the Telangana High Court stayed the operation of the impugned GO till further orders and also stayed the notification for local body elections in the state.