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New Delhi, October 6 (IANS) Supreme Court on Monday refused to accept a petition challenging the Telangana government order providing 42 percent reservation to backward classes (BCS) in rural bodies in the state.
A bench, including Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, refused to listen to the petition on the basis that the case is currently pending in the Telangana High Court and dismissed the petition filed by Vanga Gopal Reddy.
Senior lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Siddharth Dave and Aden Rao, who had appeared on behalf of the state government, brought the bench notice that two petitions were already pending in the High Court.
The bench asked the petitioner why he filed a petition under Article 32.
When the petitioner said that the High Court had not allowed the stay, the bench asked how he can contact the Supreme Court when the High Court has refused to stay.
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramark, who was present during the hearing in the Supreme Court with Ponam Prabhakar and Vakiti Srihari with ministers, welcomed the order of the apex court.
The Deputy Chief Minister told media persons outside the Supreme Court that the state government is committed to providing 42 percent reservation to BCS in education, employment and local bodies.
He said that the state government will implement BC reservation in local body elections.
He said, “Now that local body elections are being held, the state government passed a bill and also issued a government order (GO). We are standing through it and we will fight for it,” he said.
Deputy Chief Minister and State Ministers first interacted with Manu Singhvi, who is also a Rajya Sabha member and Dave from Telangana.
Government lawyer Shravan Kumar and Congress BC Cell President Anil Jahind were also present.
The Deputy Chief Minister and ministers told the lawyers that the state government duly issued GO for 42 percent reservation for BCS in local bodies after guidelines set by the Supreme Court.
He also informed the lawyers that after the caste survey was organized, the BCS was released after receiving empirical data, the appointment of a dedicated BC Commission and analysis of the specialist group of the caste survey report.
The State Election Commission last week prescribed rural local bodies for elections.
Elections will be held in five phases in October-November this year.
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