Oppositions VP nominee Justice Sudershan Reddy headed professional panel on Telanganas caste survey

INDIA Bloc’s candidate for the upcoming Vice-President elections, retired Supreme Court Judge Balakrishna Sudershan Reddy, eminent authorized luminary, headed an 11-member Independent Expert Working Group that had analysed and interpreted the information collected throughout the Socio, Economic, Education, Employment, Political and Caste Survey 2024 (SEEEPC survey) carried out by the Telangana authorities.

Telangana Congress leaders shocked too

An All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief from Telangana stated the contribution of Justice Reddy in vetting the survey had introduced him into shut contact with the Congress management within the Centre. A high Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief informed The Hindu that the position of Justice Reddy in submitting its suggestions of the Expert Group coupled together with his roots in South India had labored in his favour because the Vice-President candidate. “The selection is stunning to the Telangana Congress leaders additionally,” the chief talked about.

The State authorities led by A. Revanth Reddy had efficiently accomplished the socio-economic and caste survey launched in November 2024 and accomplished it in a file time to assemble detailed information on caste, training, employment, earnings and political engagement and made it public in February 2025.

The report shaped the premise for the federal government’s pitch for 42% quota for Backward Classes (BC) in native our bodies polls, which subsequently echoed throughout the nation with the Congress taking on a marketing campaign. In reality, the Mr. Revanth Reddy had referred to how the Expert Group led by Justice Sudershan Reddy had praised the survey as scientific, genuine, and dependable, and a possible mannequin for the remainder of the nation. The professional group felt that the methodology adopted was thorough and exemplary. It beneficial to make use of the information to fine-tune present welfare schemes and design future insurance policies centered on upliftment of weaker sections, and bridging inequalities.

The findings, which had been tabled in each the Houses of Telangana Legislature, had been later referred to the working Group headed by Justice Sudershan Reddy. The group headed by the previous Supreme Court Judge was tasked with finding out and decoding the intensive information.

Farmer’s household to authorized career

Justice Sudershan Reddy was born on eighth July, 1946, at Akula Mylaram of Kandakur mandal in Rangareddy district. He hails from an agricultural household. He studied in Hyderabad and graduated in Law from Osmania University. His authorized profession spans greater than 5 a long time.

After competing Law in 1971, Justice Reddy joined the workplace of a senior Advocate Okay. Pratap Reddy dealing with instances within the City Civil Court and steadily shifting in to combat instances within the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.

He rose to change into the Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh in 1995 and went on to go the Guwahati High Court as Chief Justice. In 2007, he was appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of India and retired in 2011.

Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy took to X (previously Twitter) interesting to all Telugu events to help the candidature of Justice Sudarshan Reddy, a distinguished jurist, within the upcoming Vice President elections.