HC warns Govt it may have to order redoing of reservation list
BENGALURU:
A single-judge bench of the High Court of Karnataka has warned the State Government it may have to order for redoing of the reservation list for the BBMP if lacuna is found in the list already announced.
The reservation list for the 243 newly constituted wards was announced on August 3. The wards have been increased from the earlier 198. Several petitions in the HC has challenged the reservation as irregular and politically motivated.
It was pointed out that in some Assembly segments, all the wards are reserved for women. Justice Hemanth Chandangoudar on Monday directed the Advocate General to get instructions from the Government about the possibility of redoing the reservation list. The hearing of the petitions have been adjourned to September 16.
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Out of the 243 wards, the list announced last month has reserved 81 seats for backward classes, 28 for SCs and 4 for STs. Out of the 243 wards 126 seats are reserved for women.
Of the 126 seats reserved for women 65 seats are General category, 8 for Backward Classes B, 31 for Backward Classes A, 14 for Scheduled Castes and 2 for Scheduled Tribes.
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