IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SARATH DATE: 31.03.2026 Between:

Sanjay …Petitioner AND

1. State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary, School Education, and two others …Respondents

ORDER:

The present Writ Petition is filed questioning Memo No.708/TRT/Rectt.I/4/2017 dated 06.09.2021 issued by Respondent No.2, whereby the candidature of the petitioner for further selection to the post of Secondary Grade Teacher (SGT) in Hindi Medium was rejected on the ground that the petitioner had not secured 40% marks to consider under OC Category which is illegal, arbitrary and in violation of the orders passed by this Court in WP No.45743 of 2019 dated 12.07.2021 and sought to set aside the impugned Memo and consequently direct the respondents to appoint him as Secondary Grade Teacher.

2. Heard Sri G. Ravinder, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri P.S.Raja Shekar, learned Standing Counsel appearing for Respondent No.2.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Respondent No.2 issued Notification No.53/2017 dated 21.10.2017 for recruitment of Teachers. Under the said notification, ten (10) vacancies for the post of SG