CHANDRA REDDY, CJ.

( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by a person seeking admission into the Engineering College attached to the osmania University, Hyderabad.

( 2 ) THE rules of that University inter alia require an applicant for admission into any of the colleges affiliated to the University to produce a certificate of domicile, if his parents do not fall within any of the categories enumerated in the relevant rule, which is in these words : rule 6" (i) Admission to the colleges in the University shall ordinarily be restricted to candidates domiciled in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh and to candidates whose parents are domiciled in the Telangana region. If a candiate has had his education outside this region, he shall submit along with his application form for admission a certificate to show that his parents are domiciled in the telangana region of the Andhra Pradesh. (ii) Officers of the University, officers of the affiliated colleges (except in the case of admission into the Faculties of Medicine and Engineering), officers of the Government of India stationed in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, their wives and children wil

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