The Telangana High Court has directed that children of Central Government, Central Government Corporations and Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) employees who studied outside the state due to their parent’s posting must be given the benefit of local candidature for medical and dental admissions on the same terms as children of state government employees.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin held that the proviso to Rule 3(a)(iii) of the Telangana Medical & Dental Colleges Admission Rules, 2017 must be read to include these categories, pending a formal amendment.
There is no justifiable reason to exclude children of Central Government employees when similar exceptions had already been carved out for other categories of transferable employees.
Exceptions can be carved out for certain categories, and there is no reason to exclude Central Government employees posted outside of Telangana and their children from availing the benefit of the said exception.
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The Court directed that the proviso to Rule 3(a)(iii) shall be read to include children of employees of the Central Government, Central Government Corporations, and Central Public Sector Undertakings, who have served or are serving outside Telangana.
This ruling benefits children of Central Government employees who have been transferred outside Telangana and have studied outside the state due to their parent’s posting.
Kodimela Samhitha, the petitioner, had qualified NEET (UG)-2026 with 385 marks and sought admission to MBBS/BDS courses for the academic year 2026-27, but was excluded from local candidature under Rule 3(a)(iii).
Her father is an employee of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), a corporation under the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, and had been transferred to Tirupati in December 2016.
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Samhitha had studied from Nursery to Class IV in Hyderabad, but pursued Classes V to X and her Intermediate education in Tirupati, and was therefore unable to satisfy the requirement of studying for four consecutive academic years in Telangana to qualify as a local candidate.
Samhitha relied on a Nativity Certificate issued by the Tahsildar, Hyderabad District, certifying that her father was a native of Telangana and that her education outside the State was occasioned by his official transfer.
The Court’s ruling is a significant development in the admission process for medical and dental colleges in Telangana, and is expected to benefit many children of Central Government employees who have been transferred outside the state.
The Telangana High Court’s decision is likely to have far-reaching implications for the admission process in the state, and may lead to changes in the rules and regulations governing admissions to medical and dental colleges.