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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI APARESH KUMAR SINGH

AND

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M.MOHIUDDIN

WRIT PETITION Nos.39438 and 39687 of 2025

Dated:24.12.2025

W.P.No.39438 of 2025

Between:

V.Pravallika

…Petitioner

and

The State of Telangana,

Rep. by its Principal Secretary,

Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department,

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat,

Hyderabad – 500 022,

and another.

…Respondents

W.P.No.39687 of 2025

Between:

Jitsy S Jayan

…Petitioner

and

The State of Telangana,

Rep. by its Principal Secretary,

Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department,

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Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat,

Hyderabad – 500 022,

and another.

…Respondents

COMMON ORDER:

Learned counsel Sri Alluri Divakar Reddy appears for the

petitioners.

Sri Tandra Ramesh, learned Assistant Government Pleader for

Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department, appears for

respondent No.1.

Sri T.Sharath, learned Standing Counsel for Kaloji Narayana Rao

University of Health Sciences (hereinafter referred to as, “the

University”), appears for respondent No.2.

2. The petitioners, who despite having studied MBBS in the medical

institutions in the State of Telangana as non-local candidates were

treated as ineligible and non-locals by intimation dated 12.11.2025 for

admission into Medical PG Degree/Diploma courses for the academic

year 2025-2026, have approached this Court in the present writ petitions

filed on 18.12.2025 and 20.12.2025 respectively. The petitioners seek to

avail of the interim order passed in the cases of other persons on

08.10.2025 as clarified by order dated 18.11.2025.

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3. An objection has been taken by the learned Standing Counsel for

the University that the petitioners have come very late for an interim

relief when the first phase of counselling leading to the first batch of

admissions is over. The petitioners were aware of their non-local

category as per the conditions of the admission prospectus issued on

30.09.2025. If such interim relief is granted, the entire operation of the

seat matrix gets effected at an advance stage of admission process.

Therefore, such interim relief may be rejected.

4. Learned Standing Counsel for the University has referred to an

order passed by a learned Coordinate Bench of this Court in Durgam

Anish v. The State of Telangana (W.P.No.25904 of 2023, dated

15.09.2023), wherein in similar circumstances, the learned Coordinate

Bench refused to grant the relief for being treated as a non-local

candidate as the petitioner was guilty of inaction and had slept over his

rights. The Court had also observed that the facts relate to admission to

an educational institution, which is a time-bound process under the

directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. It was also observed that the

unexplained delay of 45 days was fatal to the case of the petitioner. It

was further observed that in case the writ petition was entertained, the

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process of admission to MBBS/BDS course would never be concluded.

Therefore, the relief was declined.

5. Upon hearing learned counsel for the parties and after taking note

of the relevant materials as above, we are inclined to follow the same

view as has been held by the learned Coordinate Bench of this Court in

the case of Durgam Anish (supra). The petitioners are aware of their

status after issuance of the prospectus on 30.09.2025. Those who were

vigilant came to the Court in the first week of October, 2025, and the

interim relief was granted in their favour on 08.10.2025 with a direction

to the University to entertain their applications. It was on account of

subsequent confusion in the minds of the University, that the said

interim order was clarified on 18.11.2025.

6. The present petitioners, if were affected, could have come much

ahead in time. The writ petitions have been preferred only on

18.12.2025 and 20.12.2025 respectively after taking a cue from the

orders passed in the case of others, when the admission process and

timeliness is sacrosanct as has also be