Hyderabad: A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Hyderabad High Court challenging GO Ms No 9 issued on May 17, 2011, by the united Andhra Pradesh government, providing extension of reservations for a period of 10 years from June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2020 to Backward Classes in education and employment.
C. Sai Vishnuvardhan, a resident of the city, moved the plea stating that the government had failed to conduct periodic revisions of the BCs list in accordance with Section 11 of the Andhra Pradesh Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993, prior to the issuance of the government order.
He contended that giving extension of reservations twice was a violation of the Act. He said that providing reservation without excluding the creamy layer and identification of Backward Classes violated the Constitution.
He urged the court to stay operation of the GO and to direct the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to conduct periodic revision of the BCs list.
He requested the court to direct both the states to establish a separate geographical zone, and to declare it as “reservation free zone.”
Plea on Rajiv
