The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging the Telangana government's order raising the quota for Backward Classes in municipalities and panchayats to 42%, which pushed the total reservations in local bodies to 67%.

A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta allowed agriculturist Vanga Gopal Reddy to withdraw his plea seeking to declare G.O.Ms. No. 09 dated September 26, 2025, as unconstitutional, illegal and void for violating Articles 14, 243D and 243T of the Constitution.

The petition contended that the order violated the 50% ceiling on reservations laid down by the Court in various judgments. It submitted that together with the existing 15% reservation for Scheduled Castes and 10% for Scheduled Tribes, the aggregate reservation exceeded 67%.

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