BENGALURU, May 4 -- Certain communities falling within the state's new policy for Scheduled Caste internal reservations have expressed objections to the restructuring even as the government moves ahead with recruitment under the new framework.

The revised policy places Alemari (nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes) alongside Lambanis, Bhovis, Koramas and Korachas within a single 4.5% quota category, while introducing a 20% internal allocation for the nomadic groups. Both sides within this category have raised concerns, arguing that the arrangement narrows their access to government jobs rather than expanding it.

Leaders representing the Alemari communities have objected to being grouped with "larger and relatively better-represented castes",...