IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITON No.37361 OF 2025 Dated 16^th DECEMBER, 2025 Between :

Yenagandula Mahender.

…Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 2 others.

…Respondents

O R D E R :

With the consent of both the parties, this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself.

2. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:

“…to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in not considering the petitioner for selection to any of the Group-III posts mentioned in Notification No.29/2022 dated 30.12.2022 though he is within the zone of selection under General/ BC-A category with General Rank of 561 with Hall ticket No.2296412029 on the ground that petitioner obtained B.Com Degree from Acharya Nagarjuna University through distance mode during the years 2017-2019 as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and in violation of Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitut