Government of Andhra Pradesh. accepts the recommendations of the BC Reserve Commission

The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, in its special meeting on Saturday, accepted the recommendation of the Rajeev Ranjan Mishra-led special committee to provide reservation for Backward Classes (BC) and total reservation for SC, ST and BC categories together not exceeding 50% in any local body (rural and urban) as mandated in the judgment in the SLP judgment and the triple test of the Supreme Court in October to the previous order of the High Court.

In GO MS No. 17, issued for this purpose later, it was stated that the Special Commission was constituted in accordance with the triple test / conditions to be fulfilled as per the judgments of the Supreme Court in “Dr. K. Krishna Murthy and others vs. Union of India & Another”, “Vikas Kishan Rao Gawali vs. State of Maharashtra & Others” and “Suresh Mahajan vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Another” with the following conditions: to conduct a contemporary and rigorous empirical inquiry in nature, extent and consequences of backwardness in relation to local bodies with respect to BC in Andhra Pradesh and to carry out a comprehensive empirical assessment to determine and specify the ratio of reservations to be granted to them by the Constitution, strictly in accordance with the principles and in accordance with the principles of the Supreme Court judgments.

The GO said the ad hoc committee submitted its report with necessary recommendations regarding provision of reservation to local BCs in physical terms in due compliance with the triple test mandate laid down by the Supreme Court and other constitutional provisions after conducting a rigorous empirical inquiry into the nature and extent of backwardness of BCs based on the Unified Family Health Survey commission, reports collected from various Ward departments and village village records. Panchayat Raj and Department of Rural Development and Urban Administration and Urban Development, Census of India etc.

The Central Committee mentioned that while implementing the recommendations of the Dedicated Commission, care should also be taken to ensure that Sections 243T are followed and that the population arrived at by the Commission based on empirical and contemporary data from the Unified Family Survey and data from ward and village secretariats is taken as the norm for providing BC reservation.

Published – 11 Oct 2026 06:03 IST