Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Telangana High Court Grants Local Status to Central Employees' Children
A student wanted to study medicine in Telangana but was not counted as a local candidate.
Her father worked for a Central government corporation and was transferred outside the state.
Because of that transfer, she studied in Tirupati instead of Telangana.
The rules already helped children of some state government employees in similar situations.
The Telangana High Court said it was unfair to leave out children of Central government employees.
It told the government to change or clarify the rules.
The court also ordered officials to treat this student as a local candidate.
This lets her take part in the MBBS and BDS admission counselling for 2026-27.
The Telangana High Court directed the state to recognize children of Central government employees as local candidates for MBBS and BDS admissions.
The ruling covers children whose education outside Telangana resulted from their parents’ official postings.
The court said Central employees and their children had no justifiable reason to be excluded from the existing exception.
The court ordered authorities to treat petitioner Kodimela Samhitha as a local candidate for 2026-27 counselling.
The state government was directed to clarify or amend GO Ms. No. 150 and the relevant admission rule.
- Who
- The Telangana High Court, the Telangana government, Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, and petitioner Kodimela Samhitha.
- What
- The court directed authorities to treat children of Central government employees posted outside Telangana as local candidates for MBBS and BDS admissions.
- When
- The direction concerned the 2026-27 counselling process; the disputed amendment, GO Ms. No. 150, was dated September 8, 2025.
- Where
- Telangana, with the petitioner having studied in Tirupati after her father’s transfer from Hyderabad.
- Why
- The court found no justifiable reason to exclude children of Central employees from an exception already available to certain other employees’ children.
Petitioner and Court
Existing Rule and Government Position
Eligibility for Central employees’ children
Petitioner and Court
The petitioner argued that excluding children of Central government employees was discriminatory because the rules covered children of certain state employees, All India Service officers, defence personnel and Telangana government corporations.
Existing Rule and Government Position
The existing proviso to Rule 3(a)(iii) limited the exception to categories with a direct nexus to the Telangana government and did not include Central government employees.
Government response
Petitioner and Court
The court held that there was no justifiable reason to exclude Central employees and their children and ordered Samhitha to be treated as a local candidate.
Existing Rule and Government Position
The state said the issue was under consideration and assured the court that an appropriate clarification or amendment would be issued.
- Court
- Telangana High Court
- Petitioner
- Kodimela Samhitha
- Admissions
- MBBS and BDS counselling for 2026-27
- Relevant rule
- Proviso to Rule 3(a) of the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Rules, 2017
- Government order
- GO Ms. No. 150, dated September 8, 2025
- Parent’s employer
- Employees’ State Insurance Corporation under the Union Ministry of Labour
- Father’s postings
- Transferred from Hyderabad to Tirupati in December 2016 and returned to Hyderabad in May 2024