Hello Aspirant,

Hindu Lingayat Panchamasali is not included in the OBC category.

In Karnataka, they apply to category 3-B which has a reservation of 5%  but in the center list, they are regarded as an unreserved section.

There are provisions made by the Karnataka govt. to convince the central govt. to include it in the OBC category the final decision has not been finalized yet.

I hope it helps.

Thank you.