Naidu’s 34% quota lost in court after 42 days
The Andhra Pradesh High Court set aside the reservation orders on October 1; the Supreme Court reportedly dismissed the state’s challenge on October 9.
The 34% reservation orders lasted 42 days before the court record caught up.
This is not a new quota story. Telangana.Social has already reported that Naidu’s 34% BC quota lasted 42 days. What the later court record adds is the precise reason the arrangement failed: the Andhra Pradesh High Court found that the government had issued orders before completing the legal homework needed to defend them.
The court’s October 1 judgment examined G.O.Ms.No.105 of August 20, which provided 34% BC reservation in rural local bodies, and G.O.Rt.No.1065 of August 19, which provided 33.33% reservation in urban local bodies. It set both aside to the extent that combined SC, ST and BC reservation exceeded the 50% ceiling.
The court did not say the government had collected nothing. The state cited a Unified Family Survey, a dedicated commission, field visits, 653 representations and a report submitted on August 14. But that report was still “under consideration”. The court’s finding was blunt: “there is no empirical data as envisaged and required for reservation to Backward Classes beyond 50%”. A press release had arrived before the legal foundation.
The Supreme Court reportedly dismissed the TDP-led Andhra government’s challenge on October 9. LiveLaw reported Justice Dipankar Datta asking under what law the Unified Family Survey had been conducted. The written Supreme Court order was not available in the material reviewed, so the dismissal remains sourced to published reports rather than the primary order.
Naidu said on August 18 that his coalition government had “lived up to” its promise. It announced the quota and issued the orders. It did not deliver a legally operative 34% reservation. The Andhra government’s achievement lasted 42 days; its legal preparation lasted less.