Telangana High Court dismisses pleas challenging 100% domicile reservation in medical colleges

Telangana Minister for Health and Finance T. Harish Rao welcomed the High Court judgment supporting the state government's decision to reserve 100% seats in the competitive authority quota in medical colleges established in Telangana after June 2, 2014.

As per reports, the Telangana high court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging the state government's decision to reserve 100% seats in MBBS/BDS courses for local candidates in the competent authority quota in medical colleges established in the state after June 2, 2014.

The division bench, headed by Chief Justice Alok Aradhe, pronounced the verdict in the batch of petitions seeking to declare the GO 72 issued by the Telangana government on July 23 as illegal and arbitrary.

The students hailing from the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh were excluded from obtaining admissions in medical colleges of Telangana in the competent authority quota which is 85 per cent of the total seats.

The petitioners contended that, under section 95 of the AP Reorganisation Act (through which separate Telangana was created on June 2, 2014), they had scope to secure admissions in Telangana medical colleges for a period of 10 years, as reported by The Hindu.

The petition also stated that under clause 7 of the Presidential Order under Article 371-D, the students from AP were eligible to have equal opportunity in matters of public employment and education for both states.

Advocate General of Telangana BS Prasad argued that there was no illegality in reserving seats for Telangana students. He also informed the court that students from Andhra Pradesh could always compete in the 15 per cent quota of seats in the national pool.

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