Telangana government issues order on Scheduled Castes categorisation

Hyderabad: Telangana on Monday issued a government order on the implementation of Scheduled Castes (SC) categorisation, making it perhaps the first state in the country to do so officially.

Telangana government had earlier appointed a commission headed by retired High Court judge Justice Shameem Akther on SC categorisation, which made recommendations that the 59 Scheduled Caste (SC) communities be divided into three groups viz I, II, an…

The Telangana Legislature in February accepted the recommendations of Justice Akther on SC categorisation, rejecting an advice that creamy layer should be exempted from reservations. The Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservation) Bill, 2025 was passed last month. The Supreme Court gave a verdict last year in favour of categorisation (Agencies)