Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Telangana High Court Seeks Responses in Three Key Cases
The Telangana High Court heard three different cases involving government education and police actions.
In one case, a petitioner questioned the timetable used in residential schools.
The petitioner said teachers were losing many classroom periods because they supervised study sessions and performed hostel duties.
The court asked the state government to respond.
In another case, a student wanted to be treated as a local Telangana ST candidate for medical admissions.
The court temporarily allowed her to take part in counselling while the case continues.
In a third case, people accused of a farmhouse ‘purification’ ceremony asked the court for protection from direct arrest.
The court told police to follow the legal notice procedure before taking further action.
The Telangana High Court sought the state’s response to a challenge involving teaching schedules and non-teaching duties in residential schools.
A petitioner alleged that supervised-study hours at MJPTBCWREIS schools eliminated about 7,920 teacher-led periods annually.
The court temporarily allowed Chawan Aarthi to join Telangana’s local ST counselling for 2026–27 medical admissions.
The university said Aarthi was linked to Karnataka’s ST category and therefore ineligible for Telangana’s local quota.
The court directed police to issue notices rather than directly arrest people accused in the Erravelli farmhouse ‘purification’ case.
- Who
- The Telangana High Court, petitioners, state education and social-welfare authorities, Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, and Telangana police.
- What
- The court sought responses in a residential-school teaching dispute, temporarily allowed a student to join local ST admission counselling, and ordered police to follow notice procedures in an alleged farmhouse ‘purification’ case.
- When
- The orders were issued on dates reported in the articles; the school matter was posted after two weeks, the admission case was listed for September 30, and the police direction was issued on a Tuesday.
- Where
- The matters were heard by the Telangana High Court in Hyderabad; the third case concerns a farmhouse at Erravelli in Siddipet district.
- Why
- The petitions challenged the residential-school timetable and teacher assignments, the student’s exclusion from a local ST quota, and police action against people accused in the farmhouse incident.
Petitioners’ and Accused Persons’ Claims
Authorities’ Positions
Residential-school teaching time
Petitioners’ and Accused Persons’ Claims
The petitioner argued that supervised-study periods and teacher assignments to hostel duties reduced classroom teaching and violated educational norms and earlier court directions.
Authorities’ Positions
The state was directed to respond; the articles do not report a final government position on the timetable.
Local ST admission eligibility
Petitioners’ and Accused Persons’ Claims
Aarthi argued that her parents’ Telangana-issued ST and residence certificates entitled her to participate as a local ST candidate.
Authorities’ Positions
The university relied on tribal-welfare proceedings listing migrants from states including Karnataka and Maharashtra, and argued that Aarthi belonged to Karnataka’s ST category.
Arrests in the farmhouse case
Petitioners’ and Accused Persons’ Claims
The accused challenged police action and sought protection from being directly arrested without following the required procedure.
Authorities’ Positions
Police registered a case under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and other provisions, and said evidence linked 15 people to the incident.
- Residential-school timetable
- GO Ms No. 16 dated July 2, 2024 prescribed school hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., including supervised study from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Alleged lost teaching time
- The petitioner estimated that the arrangement removed about 7,920 teacher-led periods during an academic year.
- Legal provision cited
- The petitioner said assigning teachers to non-educational duties conflicted with Section 27 of the Right to Education Act.
- Admission case
- The court permitted Chawan Aarthi to participate temporarily in 2026–27 medical counselling as a local candidate under the ST category.
- Admission certificates
- The Vikarabad mandal tahsildar issued ST community certificates for Aarthi’s parents and a residence certificate dated June 4, 2026.
- Police direction
- The Markook police station was directed to issue notices under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
- Purification case
- Police said 15 people were identified as involved, seven were arrested, and the investigation was continuing.