Hyderabad, April 11 -- The Telangana High Court has directed the state government to file a counter on the issue of increasing Scheduled Tribe (ST) reservations from 6 percent to 10 percent in Group-1 appointments.

This move comes after a petition was filed by P. Shyamsundar Reddy and others challenging the enhanced reservations in education and employment sectors, as implemented by the state government through Government Order (GO) 33 in 2022.

Background

The petitioners argued that only 6 percent reservations should be applied for STs as per the existing norms, and that increasing these reservations would be unfair to other groups.

On the other hand, ST organizations filed interplead petitions to continue the enhanced reservations an...