Srinagar, Sept 01: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Telangana government’s domicile policy that reserves state quota seats in medical and dental colleges for students who have studied in the state for the four years leading up to Class 12.
A bench of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran allowed the state government’s appeal, affirming the validity of the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Rules, 2017, as amended in 2024.
To address the difficulties faced by children of parents who work in All India Services or PSUs, who get transferred outside the State, the State Government suggested an amendment, which the Court accepted.
The Telangana High Court had held that the state’s permanent residents cannot be denied benefits of admissions in medical colleges only because they lived outside the state for some time.The top court on August 5 reserved its verdict on the pleas, including one from the Telangana government, against an order that struck down its domicile rule for admissions in medical colleges in the state.
The rules restrict eligibility for state quota seats in MBBS and BDS courses to students who have completed the last four years of schooling — including Class 12 — within Telangana.
