Andhra govt reserves 4 percent seats for Muslims

The Andhra Pradesh government will give four per cent reservation to Muslims in jobs and education. Fourteen 'castes' among the Muslims have been put by the state government in "Category E" and will get the benefit of reservation.As of now, there are now four categories of Backward Classes - A, B, C and D - with a combined quota of 25 per cent while Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have 14 and seven per cent reservations respectively.The move came against the backdrop of the High Court quashing an earlier ordinance providing five per cent reservations for Muslims. With the scaling down of the quota by one per cent, the total reservations in the state will touch 50 per cent, which would be in line with the ceiling set by the Supreme Court.