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Karnataka has reverted to its earlier reservation quantum of 15 percent for Scheduled Castes and 3 percent for Scheduled Tribes from the 2026-27 academic year, after the state's 2022 hike to 17 percent and 7 percent, based on the H N Nagamohan Das Commission's population based recommendations, came under challenge in the Karnataka High Court over related recruitment cases. As a result, SC reserved medical seats have fallen from 953 to 906 and ST reserved seats from 392 to 182, out of a total of 6,045 government medical seats for 2026-27, up from 5,609 the previous year. State minister T Raghumurthy said the government is awaiting the High Court's ruling and has asked the Centre to place the enhanced reservation under the Ninth Schedule for constitutional protection. The 2022 hike had taken Karnataka's overall reservation to 56 percent, breaching the Supreme Court's 50 percent cap.