Government Orders Establishing Horizontal Women Reservation

1. G.O. Ms. No. 3 – Department for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens (Prog-I) — 10 February 2024

2. G.O. Ms. No. 35 – General Administration (Ser.D) Department — 13 February 2024

• This order formally introduced the principle of 33⅓% horizontal reservation for women in all categories—including OC, BC-A to E, EWS, SC, ST, Persons with Disabilities, Ex-Servicemen, and Meritorious Sports Persons.

• Importantly, it emphasized that these reservations are to be handled without earmarking any specific roster points for women, aligning with Supreme Court jurisprudence on horizontal vs. vertical reservations (e.g., Rajesh Kumar Daria vs. Rajasthan PSC)

• This G.O. amended Rule 22 (and Rule 22-A) of the Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996.

• It officially removed all earmarked roster points for women in direct recruitment, consolidating the shift to a purely horizontal implementation across categories

Implementation in Practice

• Recruitment bodies—including TSPSC, departmental authorities, and other agencies—are mandated to apply this horizontal women reservation (33⅓%) across all categories for ongoing and future recruitments, without fixed roster slots for women

• This means:

  1. Vacancies in each category are filled based on merit ranking.

  2. If the percentage of women selected falls below 33⅓% in that category, then:

  3. The highest-scoring female candidates not originally selected are included.
  4. An equal number of lower-scoring male candidates are removed to ensure the quota is met

Summary Table: Women’s Horizontal Reservation (Telangana, 2024–2025)

🔹 Telangana Reservation System (Updated – 2025)

Community / Category Reservation %

• SC (Scheduled Castes) → 15%

  • Split into Groups:

    • SC Group-I

    • SC Group-II

    • SC Group-III

• ST (Scheduled Tribes) → 10%

• BC (Backward Classes) → 29% (Group-wise breakup):

  • BC-A → 7%

  • BC-B → 10%

  • BC-C → 1%

  • BC-D → 7%

  • BC-E → 4%

• EWS (Economically Weaker Sections) → 10%

• OC (Open Competition / Unreserved) → Remaining after above.

Special Categories (Horizontal / Across All Communities)

• Physically Handicapped (PH) → 4% (VH, HH, OH, MR distributed)

• Ex-Servicemen (ESM) → 2%

• Sports Quota → 2%

(These are adjusted within community reservations — i.e., SC Women, BC-A Sports, etc.)

100 Point Roster Highlights (2025 Cycle)

• Covers 100 recruitment / promotion vacancies in a cycle.

• Each point represents who gets the slot (OC, SC Group-wise, ST, BC-A/B/C/D/E, EWS, PH, Sports, Ex-Servicemen).

• Ensures rotation and fairness across all categories.

• After 100 points → cycle repeats again.

✅ What you pasted is correct and updated — it already reflects:

• No separate horizontal women reservation (removed after court orders).

• SC Groups (I, II, III) distribution.

• BC Groups (A–E) separately shown.

• EWS included.

• Special categories (PH, ESM, Sports) covered.