Archive · 5 Aug 2026
High Court Rejects PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Mega DSC-2025
A politician from the YSR Congress Party asked a court to order a big investigation into how teachers were hired.
The court, called the Andhra Pradesh High Court, said no for now.
The judges said this kind of petition, called a Public Interest Litigation, should help ordinary people, not be used for politics.
They wondered why the people who were upset about the hiring did not file their own complaints.
The court pointed out that many other people had already filed complaints about the same teacher hiring process.
So the judges doubted whether the politician's petition was really needed.
They asked the politician's lawyer to check whether the petition would continue or be withdrawn.
The state government says the hiring was fair and was done through a secure computer-based test.
The government also says it hired more than 16,000 teachers in less than five months.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court refused to entertain a PIL by YSRCP MLC Parvathareddy Chandrasekhar Reddy seeking a CBI probe into the Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment process.
A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Medamalli Balaji observed that PILs should not be misused to serve political purposes.
The court noted that 335 petitions challenging various aspects of the recruitment have already been filed, showing candidates have freely approached the judiciary.
The court questioned why candidates allegedly affected under the sports quota had not approached it directly instead of through the PIL.
The bench directed the petitioner's counsel to obtain instructions on whether the PIL would be pursued or withdrawn.
- Who
- YSR Congress Party MLC Parvathareddy Chandrasekhar Reddy filed the PIL; a bench of Chief Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Medamalli Balaji heard it.
- What
- The Andhra Pradesh High Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment process and questioned its political intent.
- When
- On Tuesday, at a hearing before the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
- Where
- Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- The court found the PIL appeared to serve political purposes and noted that affected candidates had already filed numerous petitions challenging the recruitment.
Opposition (YSRCP) Position
Government (TDP-led NDA) Position
Recruitment Integrity
Opposition (YSRCP) Position
YSRCP alleges irregularities in the Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment process and sought a CBI investigation.
Government (TDP-led NDA) Position
The government maintains the recruitment was a landmark commitment to youth, completed transparently via a secure Computer-Based Test with multiple digital safeguards.
Use of Public Interest Litigation
Opposition (YSRCP) Position
The petitioner argued the PIL was necessary because affected candidates were afraid to approach the court.
Government (TDP-led NDA) Position
The court rejected this, noting 335 petitions had been filed and that PILs should not be converted into a tool for political battles.
Sports Quota Reservation
Opposition (YSRCP) Position
Some candidates claim they were disadvantaged under the sports quota in the recruitment process.
Government (TDP-led NDA) Position
The court observed that sports quota is similar to reservation adopted by the central government and asked why aggrieved candidates had not come forward directly.
- Petitioner
- Parvathareddy Chandrasekhar Reddy, YSR Congress Party MLC
- Bench
- Chief Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Medamalli Balaji
- Sought Relief
- CBI investigation into Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment
- Existing Petitions
- 335 petitions (one report notes 335 writ petitions plus three PILs; 69 linked to sports quota)
- Teachers Recruited
- 16,347
- Recruitment Duration
- 148 days
- Exam System
- Secure Computer-Based Test (CBT) with multiple digital safeguards
- Location
- Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amaravati
