Hyderabad, April 27 -- The Telangana High Court has issued a notice to the state government, seeking its response to a writ petition that challenges the legal validity of the Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Act, 2025.

The petition was filed by G Chennaiah, national president of Mala Mahanadu, who contends that the Act does not meet the necessary legal requirements for sub-classifying Scheduled Castes (SCs) for reservation purposes.

Petitioner challenges govt's one man commission

Representing the petitioner, senior counsel DV Sitarama Murthy argued that the sub-classification under the Act was based solely on the findings of a one-man commission, without the collection or presentation of empirical data to de...