THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI APARESH KUMAR SINGH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M.MOHIUDDIN Writ Petition No.4454 of 2025

ORDER:

Heard Ms.Sureddy Priyanka, learned counsel appearing for Mr.S.Ramana Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms.Shazia Parveen, learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development appearing for respondent No.2 and Mr.Ananthula Ravinder, learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for respondents No.3 and 4.

2. The writ petition has been preferred in individual capacity by a Non-Tribal Welfare Society seeking to declare 100% reservation of Gram Panchayat Sarpanch posts in Schedule Area of Telangana as unconstitutional and contrary to the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Chebrolu Leela Prasad Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (2021) 11 SCC 401 3. It is the apprehension of the petitioner that the elections to Gram Panchayat are likely to be held without

re-organisation of the Scheduled Areas specifically in the Districts of Adilabad, Khammam, Warangal and Mahabubnagar. No notification for such election has been issued or brought on record. Petitioner has placed reliance upon a communication, vide letter dated 25.02.2015 addr