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New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed Telangana govt’s plea challenging a high court order staying implementation of 42% reservation for backward classes in local body polls.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked Telangana HC to decide the main matter on merits.“You may continue with your elections. The order shall not affect the HC in deciding the case on its own merits,” it said while dismissing the petition.On Oct 9, HC said increase in OBC quota appeared to violate the 50% limit set for reservations by SC and stayed the govt order. It had said the local body elections could proceed without implementing the proposed quota hike.Telangana had passed three govt orders — one on provision of 42% reservation to OBC in local bodies, and two consequential orders laying down on guidelines for fixation of such reservations in respect to elections to mandal praja parishads, zilla praja parishads and gram panchayats under Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018.
