Telangana HC Hears Plea for SC ST Quota in Bar Poll

Hyderabad:The Telangana High Court on Tuesday heard a writ petition seeking reservation for advocates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities in the elections to the Bar Council of Telangana scheduled for January 30.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin adjourned the matter to December 29 for further hearing.The petition seeking the reservations was filed by Padma Rao Putta, High Court advocate, who urged the court to declare the inaction of the Bar Council of Telangana on his representations as unconstitutional and to set aside the election notification issued on December 20.Chikkudu Prabhakar, counsel for the petitioner, sought directions to implement SC/ST reservations for the upcoming term and requested a stay on election proceedings pending disposal of the writ petition.According to the petitioner, multiple representations submitted regarding reservation had not been addressed. He pointed out that a petition on a similar issue was disposed of on December 8, with directions to the Bar Council of India to consider his grievances.Despite this, the Bar Council of Telangana issued a fresh election notification on December 20 without incorporating reservations for the SC and ST communities. He argued that while the notification provided 20 per cent reservation for women, pursuant to Supreme Court directions, the absence of proportional representation for advocates from the SC and ST communities undermined constitutional principles of social justice.



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