The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea challenging the Telangana government’s order granting 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies, prompting the petitioner to withdraw the plea with liberty to move the high court.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was hearing the petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, which empowers citizens to directly approach the Supreme Court for enforcement of fundamental rights. At the outset, the bench questioned why the petitioner had approached the apex court directly instead of first approaching the high court.

The petitioner’s counsel submitted that some petitioners had already approached the Telangana High Court, which had posted the matter for hearing on October 8 and refused to sta

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