Hyderabad: In a setback to Telangana government, the Supreme Court has dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging the High Court’s stay on Go 9, which provided 42% reservation to Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections, tv9 telugu reported.
A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta heard arguments from both sides and suggested that local body elections should be held as per old reservations and that reservations should not exceed 50 percent.
More details awaited.