The Karnataka Cabinet on Tuesday approved the sub-classification of the 17% Scheduled Castes quota for reservations for education and government jobs in the state, The Hindu reported.

The Dalit Right (Holeyas) and Dalit Left (Madigas) groups will get six percentage points of the reservation matrix each. The remaining five percentage points will be given to other Scheduled Caste communities, according to The New Indian Express.

The decision came a year after the Supreme Court on August 1, 2024, allowed the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for providing reservations in education and government jobs.

An ordinance to implement the sub-classification will be promulgated after the Monsoon Session of the state Assembly, The Hindu quoted unidentified officials as saying.

The 1% quota given to nomadic castes and Adi Karnataka, Adi Dravida and Adi Andhra communities, as recommended by the Justice HN Nagamohan Das Commission, will be dropped, The Hindu reported.

The commission had in its August 4 report recommended 6% quota for the Dalit Left, 5% for the Dalit Right, and 4% for the Lambanis, Koramas, Korachas and Bhovis communities, or touchable castes. It had also recommended a 1% quota for nomadic tribes and 1% for Adi Karnataka, Adi Dravida and Adi Andhra groups.

Instead of the five categories recommended by the panel, the Cabinet approved three.

Category E, recommended for the Adi Karnataka, Adi Dravida and Adi Andhra communities, was merged with the Dalit Right. Category A will be merged with the touchable castes, The Hindu reported.

The Dalit Right groups and the touchable communities had opposed the fresh categorisation as they felt that their share in the reservation matrix was being reduced, according to the newspaper.

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