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 No.1635 of 2026 Dated: 20.01.2026 Between:

Panuganti Swathi Sree, D/o.Panuganti Srinivas ...Petitioner and The State of Telangana Department of Family Health and Medical Welfare Represented by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 3 others ...Respondents

Order

Mr. M.S.Achyuth Bharthwaj, learned counsel for the petitioner.

Mr. R.Nagarjuna Reddy, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Health, Medical and Family Welfare Department, appears for respondent No.1.

Mr. T.Sharath, learned Standing Counsel for Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (hereinafter referred to as, “the University”), appears for respondents No.3 and 4.

2. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter is heard finally.

3. Petitioner has approached this Court seeking admission into Post Graduate Medical course under competent authority quota for the academic year 2025-26 under Notification dated 30.09.2025. While at the same time, she questioned the definition of “Local Candidate” under Rule VIII of the Telangana Medical Colleges (Admission into Postgraduate Medical Courses) Rules, 2021 (for short ‘the 2021 Rules’), to be illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional.

4. Petitioner admittedly has passed MBBS graduation course from Semey Medical University situated at Kazakhstan.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the light of the interim directions passed by this Court in a batch of Writ Petitions led by vide W.P.No.32294 of 2025 interim order dated 18.12.2025, petitioner may also be permitted to register online in the third round of NEET PG 2025 counselling for admission for the academic year 2025-26. However, learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to explain as to why the petitioner, who claims to have obtained a decent percentile score of 476 marks in NEET PG 2025, has approached this Court belatedly to lay challenge to the definition of ‘Local Candidate’ in the 2021 Rules and seek online registration for the third round of NEET PG 2025 counselling for admission in stray/remaining seats for which the cut-off date is today upto

5:00 p.m.

6. 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 entertain the writ petition on the ground of delay. It is submitted that the case of the present petitioner is not fit to be entertained.

7. We have heard learned counsel for the parties.

8. If the petitioner, who had secured decent percentile in NEET PG 2025, was interested in getting admission in NEET PG medical course for the academic year 2025-26 in pursuance of Notification dated 30.09.2025, it defies any reason as to why she waited till the last date for seeking relief when her attempt for online registration was not being entertained.

9. We, therefore, do not feel inclined to entertain the writ petition in such circumstances. Otherwise, the process of admission to Post Graduate Medical course would never be concluded within time.

10. Accordingly, the instant Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs.

As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, stand closed.

APARESH KUMAR SINGH, CJ G.M.MOHIUDDIN, J Date: 20.01.2026

LUR