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Karnataka SC internal reservation notified: 5.25%-5.25%-4.5% split within 15% quota, 56,432 direct recruitment posts cleared

The Karnataka government fixed an internal reservation of 5.25%, 5.25% and 4.5% within the 15% SC quota and asked appointing authorities to begin direct recruitment for 56,432 posts, subject to the High Court’s 50% ceiling.

Edited by Pooja Reddy

Updated April 30, 2026 4:02 AM

Karnataka SC internal reservation notified; 56,432 jobs cleared

Karnataka has notified an internal reservation formula for Scheduled Castes — 5.25% , 5.25% and 4.5% within the 15% SC quota — and instructed appointing authorities to proceed with direct recruitment for 56,432 approved posts.

Karnataka SC internal reservation: categories and percentages

The state cabinet divided the 15% SC quota among three categories. Category A gets 5.25% (Madigas and allied castes), Category B gets 5.25% (Holeyas and allied castes) and Category C gets 4.5% (Bhovi, Lambani, Korama, Koracha and 59 nomadic communities).

Within Category C, 20% of posts are set aside for the 59 most backward castes among those communities. The internal reservation covers the 101 Scheduled Castes listed by the state.

Karnataka SC internal reservation and recruitment order

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the government ordered on April 27, 2026 that recruitment to the cleared posts should continue, subject to the High Court’s direction. The Finance Department had already approved the 56,432 posts.

The Karnataka High Court has required the state to respect the Supreme Court-imposed 50% reservation ceiling from the Indra Sawhney ruling of 1992 . The government says the current formula recalibrates SC internal shares to work within a 15% SC ceiling so as not to breach that limit.

The previous BJP government had increased the SC quota to 17% and ST quota to 7% , taking total reservations to 56% , a figure that was challenged in court. After the High Court’s direction, the present government moved to implement internal sharing within the 15% SC quota.

Officials have been told to take urgent steps for direct recruitment across departments. The order asks appointing authorities to begin selection processes for the approved vacancies, subject to any further court directions.

Immediate impact for you: the government has formally cleared the posts and shared the order publicly, so recruitment activity may restart. However, actual hiring will proceed only while staying within the High Court’s reservation condition.

No detailed timetable, caste-wise seat lists or departmental vacancy splits were issued with the order.