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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday rejected a batch of petitions that had challenged the state government’s move to provide 42 percent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections.

Two separate petitions had been filed by Mallavva and Madhava Reddy, who argued that increasing the quota for BCs would push overall reservations in local bodies beyond the 50 percent cap set by the Supreme Court. They contended that such a move would be unfair to other communities and in violation of the Panchayat Raj Act.

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During the hearing, the High Court bench expressed displeasure over

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