Telangana: Telangana became the first state in the country to implement Scheduled Caste (SC) sub-categorization, issuing a formal notification to enforce the move.
The Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalization of Reservation) Act, 2025, came into effect on April 14 coinciding with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.
Telangana is the first state in the country to implement SC sub-categorization after the Supreme Court empowered states to do so.
The decision, announced through a government notification, marks a major step in addressing longstanding disparities in the distribution of reservation benefits among SC communities.
With this, all future recruitment drives and education-related decisions in Telangana will follow the newly mandated sub-categorization framework.
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గొప్ప అనుభూతిని మిగిల్చిన క్షణం.#SCCategorisation #Telangana#SocialJustice #CasteSurvey pic.twitter.com/4TRoE8iRL4— Revanth Reddy (@revanth_anumula) April 14, 2025
Telangana Minister for Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies, Uttam Kumar Reddy, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on the subject, emphasized that the policy will bring more equitable access to reservations for all SC subcastes.
“Scheduled Castes in Telangana have a reservation of 15 percent. However, there has always been a feeling that some sub-castes within the SCs have benefited disproportionately. After the Supreme Court’s judgment 6-7 months ago allowing states to sub-categories, Telangana was the first to take the initiative. We paused all job notifications until the process was complete,” Reddy said.
“We appointed a retired High Court judge as a one-man judicial commission and ensured a meticulous, legally sound approach. Today, the necessary orders have been issued, and the law is in effect,” Reddy added.
The state government is now moving swiftly to operationalize the policy. Reddy announced that a meeting is scheduled for Tuesday to compile vacancies across government departments, with a formal job notification expected in the coming days.
