Telangana Govt Appeals Supreme Court Over Locality Rules for Medical Admissions

Delhi/Hyderabad, Sept 12 (Maxim News):  The Telangana Government has approached the Supreme Court on the issue of locality of medical admissions.

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It is known that the Telangana High Court has recently given a verdict striking down the government’s role that local reservation is not applicable as long as permanent residents of Telangana have studied outside the state. The High Court orders said that admission to MBBS and BDS should not be denied on the grounds of not having studied in Telangana.

In this order, the state government filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict. The counsel for Telangana mentioned that the case should be taken up for trial immediately before the bench of the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice of India bench said that it will be investigated soon.

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High Court’s Key Verdict

On Thursday, the High Court gave a key verdict on the rules brought by the government that those who have studied in Telangana for four consecutive years from the night standard are eligible for medical education in the state under the local quota. The amendment brought by the government through G.O. 33 to the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Rules-2017 has redefined Rule 3(A) stating that this rule does not apply to permanent residents of Telangana. It is believed that if permanent residents study in other states for just two years, they will not become locals. It has been directed to identify the students who are permanent residents and give them an opportunity for medical counseling. If we go into the precedents of the case. In 2017, the government made rules for admissions to medical education in Telangana. However,  as the ten-year specified in the Partition Act expired on June 2 this year, bringing amendments to those provisions, the government brought G.O. 33 on July 19.

According to this, Rule 3(A) defines that those who have studied in Telangana consecutively from ninth class to inter-secondary are natives. However, this definition has become offensive to the students who are permanent natives of Telangana who have studied in other states due to NEET coaching and other reasons.

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53 Petitions Filed

More than 130 students have approached the High Court for non-locality in their state. 53 different petitions were filed. “Even if we are natives of Telangana, it is invalid to declare us ineligible for 85 seats in the competent quota for MBBS and BDS admissions just because we have studied in other states for one or two years,” he explained to the court.

The bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J.Srinivasa Rao conducted a long hearing on these petitions. Advocate General Sudarshan Reddy and A. Prabhakar Rao presented arguments on behalf of the state government and Kaloji Vaidya University. Telangana will be a local area after the expiry of ten years. Specified in the AP Repartition Act. It is in this context that the government is responsible for taking measures to ensure that the local quota seats are available to the Telangana natives.  We have modified the rules.  It is the state government’s policy decision to get local reservations only for permanent residents of Telangana, he said. 

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The Bench Records

The bench that recorded the arguments.  “The main purpose of Rule 3(A) brought by the government through amendment is to provide reservation to the natives.  If this provision is struck down, students from other states of the country will also be eligible for medical education admissions in Telangana state.  Local reservations are being denied to the permanent residents here.  That’s why, we are redefining this provision.  We interpret that the requirement to have studied in Telangana for four consecutive years does not apply to permanent residents of Telangana.  By the main intention mentioned in Article 371 D(2), B(2) of the Constitution, we are defining clause 3(A) brought by the government.  It has been clarified that if the NEET students are permanent residents of Telangana and have proof of residence to that extent, they are not eligible for local quota in medical admissions.  It is recalled that till now there are no clear guidelines for the identification of permanent residents.  It has been announced that the state government is free to make new rules or guidelines defining the circumstances under which a student will be considered as a permanent resident.  The High Court has issued orders to take up the admissions as per the new guidelines.  (Maxim News)

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