The Supreme Court in a landmark verdict on Thursday allowed the sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in reservation, allowing wider protection for underrepresented groups. Following the order, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said the state would immediately start the process of sub-classification to implement the reservation for the Madiga community and other Dalit sub-castes. Madigas are the largest of the 59 SC sub-castes in Telangana followed by the Malas. According to unofficial estimates of the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, SCs make up around 19%…