Even with 25% total Quota, it turns out 198 for Sleeper a day & 1188 for 6 running days, which stands much higher then Weekly Gurudev (704 berth), if 100% berth is allocated for SHM & Kerala, without single quota @ intermediate stations!!
Further, its been spoken about RL Quota. For PQ/GEN, if any traveler books berth for DBRG-MLDT, that berth will be free to clear any WL from MLDT onwards during charting (PQ/GEN Quota or RLGN Clearance). Intermediate booking creates multiple booking on GEN/PQ berth, over & above RL Quota.
Even then,...
more... it was an option been told not pushed against non slot for SRC-TVC/Gurudev/HWH-CAPE Exp!!