The Karnataka authorities has carried out inner reservation throughout the Scheduled Castes quota, adopting a 5.25%, 5.25% and 4.5% system throughout three classes
The Karnataka authorities has issued an order on implementing inner reservation with a revised system of 5.25, 5.25, and 4.50 per cent out of the 15 per cent reservation out there for Scheduled Castes within the state.
With this, the federal government has additionally instructed all appointing authorities to take pressing steps for the direct recruitment of 56,432 posts already authorised by the Finance Division, which have been stalled for a while now.
On Friday, the state cupboard determined to offer inner reservation among the many 101 Scheduled Castes in Karnataka, utilizing a matrix of 5.25 per cent every for Class A (Madigas and allied castes/Dalit left) and Class B (Holeyas and allied castes/Dalit proper), and 4.5 per cent for Class C (Bhovi, Lambani, Korama, Koracha and 59 nomadic communities) throughout the 15 per cent reservation for SCs.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday stated that, in accordance with the choice on inner reservation for Scheduled Castes, the federal government ordered on April 27 to proceed recruitment to authorities posts topic to the Excessive Courtroom’s order.
“As per the order given by the Excessive Courtroom, the 50 per cent reservation charge has been quickly adopted, and inner reservation for Class – A, Class – B, and Class – C has been ordered to be carried out at 5.25, 5.25, and 4.5 per cent respectively out of the 15 per cent reservation allotted to Scheduled Castes. Of the posts or entry seats out there for Class – C, 20 per cent of the posts have been reserved for the 59 most backward castes within the Scheduled Castes,” he stated in a put up on ‘X’.
The CM additional stated that every one appointing authorities have been instructed to take pressing steps for the direct recruitment of 56,432 posts already authorised by the Finance Division.
“I’m very completely happy to share a duplicate of the order on this regard with all of the job seekers of the state. Our authorities has acted as promised on the difficulty of inner reservation and has not betrayed the belief of the individuals of the state by upholding its dedication to the precept of equality and equity for all,” he added, sharing the copy of the federal government order together with his put up.
The earlier BJP authorities had elevated the reservation quota for SCs from 15 per cent to 17 per cent and for Scheduled Tribes from 3 per cent to 7 per cent, elevating the state’s complete reservation to 56 per cent, exceeding the Supreme Courtroom-mandated 50 per cent ceiling.
Whereas this was nonetheless in courtroom, the Congress authorities subsequently determined to offer inner reservation throughout the 17 per cent quota for SCs primarily based on the 6:6:5 system.
Nonetheless, because the Excessive Courtroom directed the federal government to not breach the 50 per cent reservation ceiling set by the Supreme Courtroom within the Indra Sawhney Case in 1992, the federal government has now recalibrated its inner reservation system beneath the 15 per cent reservation quota for SCs.
Printed on April 28, 2026
