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Setback for Telangana govt as SC dismisses plea over OBC quota hike: ‘You may continue with elections’

  • On October 16, 2025 the Supreme Court of India dismissed the Telangana Government's challenge to the Telangana High Court's interim stay on the 42% OBC order, allowing local body elections to proceed.
  • The Telangana Government issued orders on September 26 to increase OBC reservations, but the High Court found this would push total reservations to 67%, breaching the 50% cap.
  • A bench led by Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta rejected the Telangana government's plea, citing Constitution Bench rulings that fixed a 50% reservation ceiling in local body elections.
  • The State Election Commission will conduct the polls on October 23 and 27, while the Election Commission of India will freeze voter rolls on October 17 and October 20 per nomination deadlines.
  • The court noted that the state's ordinances had lapsed on August 30, making the subsequent government orders legally untenable, and cited Vikas Kishanrao Gawali reaffirming the 50% reservation limit, while the state argued for exceptions in remote areas.
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SC dismisses Telangana’s plea against interim stay on 42% quota for OBCs in local body polls

The Telangana government argued that the Supreme Court’s 50% limit on reservations was not an ‘inflexible rule’.

·India
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The PrintThe Print
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SC dismisses Telangana plea challenging HC stay on OBC quota hike in local body polls

Top court Thursday dismissed Telangana’s plea against the High Court order halting its plan to raise the OBC quota in local polls to 42%, taking total state reservations to 67%.

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Setback for Telangana govt as SC dismisses plea over OBC quota hike: ‘You may continue with elections’

The Supreme Court bench said that the Telangana local body elections can continue without the proposed hike in OBC reservations.

·New Delhi, India
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Financial ExpressFinancial Express
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SC rejects Telangana govt plea against HC stay on increased OBC quota in local polls

Supreme Court dismisses Telangana government's appeal, affirming High Court's stay on the 42% Backwards Class reservation for local body elections, a setback for CM Revanth Reddy.

·Uttar Pradesh, India
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Indian ExpressIndian Express
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Supreme Court dismisses Telangana Govt plea against HC stay on 42% Backward Classes reservation in local body polls

The Supreme Court upheld the Telangana High Court's stay on OBC reservation increase to 42% in local body elections, citing the 50% cap on total reservations. The case raises crucial questions about electoral fairness and legal precedents.

·India
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The HinduThe Hindu
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42% OBC quota in local body polls: Supreme Court dismisses Telangana's plea against HC order

The Supreme Court was hearing Telangana’s appeal against the High Court’s order, which had put on hold the State’s decision to enhance OBC quotas in local body polls

·India
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livelaw.in broke the news in India on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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