Telangana Poised to Notify 42% BC Quota for Local Body Polls Within Days

Overview

• District collectors submitted sealed reservation matrices earmarking 42% seats for Backward Classes, which the chief secretary received for final approval.
• The BC Welfare Department is expected to issue an initial order within two days, followed by a Panchayat Raj order detailing a 42% BC, 15% SC and 10% ST structure that lifts overall reservations to 67%.
• The state plans to ask the Telangana High Court for more time beyond the September 30 deadline to complete the process and proceed to polls targeted for October.
• Seat mapping has been completed across 12,760 gram panchayats with 112,534 wards, 565 ZPTCs and 5,763 MPTCs, with details to remain confidential until the orders are notified and women’s 50% reservations are drawn by lot.
• Officials have prepared a fallback to revert to the earlier 50% overall formula if courts block the higher quota, and Congress has said it would still field 42% BC candidates if the quota does not secure approval.