Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Saturday, November 22, issued government order number 46, finalising the reservation norms ahead of local body elections.

The GO states that reservation shouldn’t exceed 50 per cent. A special committee on reservation will be set up as per the orders of the Supreme Court. The Socio-Economic, Education , Employment, Political and Caste Survey (SEEPC) has issued guidelines based on 2024 population data for reservation allocation.

According to GO 46, the ST-SC-BC-Women reservations should be implemented on a rotation basis. It states that the 2011 Census and SEEPC data should be used for sarpanch reservation. Wards or villages reserved in previous elections should not be reserved again for the same category.

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