Telangana will be the first State to implement sub-classifications, says Revanth

Welcomes SC ruling on empowering States to make sub-classifications of SCs and STs for providing quotas inside reserved category

Hyderabad: Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict on SC sub-classification, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said Telangana would be the first State to implement the judgement in the country.

“All measures will be taken to implement the SC classification even in the current job notifications. Government will promulgate Ordinance, if required,” the Chief Minister said in the Assembly on Thursday.

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Claiming that the previous BRS government had suspended him and MLA Sampath Kumar from the House for moving an adjournment motion on SC classification, he said soon after coming to power, the Congress government had sent an Advocate General and a team of MLAs led by Health Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha to the Supreme Court on December 23, 2023. After seeking suggestions from legal experts, arguments were made on SC categorisation in Supreme Court. The efforts made by the Telangana government paid off, he said.

“I thank Supreme Court Constitutional Bench for giving a judgement in favour of the long pending SC categorisation,” Revanth Reddy said, adding that the State government would take a decision to the categorisation of SCs into ABCD groups in accordance with the Supreme Court verdict, he added.