New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court dismissed on Thursday the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order related to a hike in reservation to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local bodies.

The case concerns three government orders (GOs) passed by the Telangana government on September 26 this year.

In one of the orders, the state government decided to raise OBC reservation in municipalities and panchayats to 42 percent. The move, made ahead of elections to such local bodies, effectively took total reservations (OBC, SC, ST etc.) to 67 per cent, Bar and Bench reported.

Two other consequential government orders laid down guidelines for the fixation of such reservations in respect of elections to Mandal Praja Parishad...