IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA WRIT PETITION No.471 of 2026

16^th DAY OF MARCH, 2026 Between:

Durgam Venkatesh Kumar and 29 others.

…Petitioners AND The State of Telangana and 3 others.

...Respondents

ORDER:

Heard Sri Mahadev Anyarambhatla, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri R. Nagarjuna Reddy, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department, for respondent No.1 and Sri T. Sharath, learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3. Perused the entire record.

2. The writ petition is filed with the following prayer:

“…to issue writ/order/direction, particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of Respondents in evaluation of the answer sheets only by a single or two valuators instead of four as contemplated under NMC regulations, and also in the absence of not following the regulations and awarding the marks accordingly as highly arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the Respondents herein to value the answer sheets in accordance with the regulations issued by NMC and pass…”

Case of the petitioners:

3. The writ petition is filed by the petitioners,