India, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to interfere with a Telangana High Court order that stayed two government orders (GOs) enhancing reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in seats in municipalities and panchayats to 42%, leading to the gross reservation in local bodies to 67%.

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, while refusing to stay the high court's interim order, said it could not take a view different from that of the constitution bench, which had fixed a 50% ceiling on total reservations in local body elections. "This dismissal will not affect the pending matter before the high court," the bench clarified.

The bench was hearing the Telangana government's plea challenging the high court's ...