The Centre moved to Supreme Court challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities within the 27 percent OBC quota in the central educational institutions such as IITs.

The apex court will hear the government plea on Monday. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar is to examine the Centre's appeal, which has contended that the high court had taken an erroneous view in striking down the provision despite the decision to provide the quota was done after an extensive survey.

The high court had held on the 28th of last month the Centre acted in a casual manner in granting the 4.5 percent sub-quota to minorities, carving it out of 27 percent OBC reservation.