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MP High Court Rejects 27 Percent OBC Reservation, Upholds 14 Percent Limit
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News18•09-10-2026, 16:26
MP High Court Rejects 27 Percent OBC Reservation, Upholds 14 Percent Limit
- •Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that the 27 percent OBC reservation will not be implemented, keeping the 14 percent quota in force.
- •The bench stated that no extraordinary situation was established to cross the 50 percent reservation limit.
- •Appointments on the 13 percent held posts must be completed within three months, and existing appointments made between March 2019 and September 2022 remain unaffected.
- •State Advocate General Prashant Singh noted that the decision aligns with Supreme Court guidelines in the Indra Sawhney and Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil cases.
- •MP Congress President Jitu Patwari announced plans to challenge the High Court decision in the Supreme Court.
Key Questions Answered
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that the 27% OBC reservation will not be implemented in the state, keeping the quota at 14% instead. The court ordered that appointments on 13% held posts must be completed within three months.
Candidates whose appointments were made on reservations exceeding 14% between March 2019 and September 29, 2022, will not be affected by the High Court's verdict.
The 27% OBC reservation was introduced through an ordinance in 2019 by the Congress government led by then-Chief Minister Kamal Nath, which was later enacted into law on August 14, 2019.
