Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the special leave petitions (SLPs) on the issue of ‘local’ MBBS, BDS admissions criteria filed by the Telangana government on September 20.
This comes amid growing tensions among students over securing admissions to MBBS and other medical courses in the state, which have been stalled due to a lack of clarity on the local candidate norm.
The Telangana government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Telangana High Court, which held that a permanent resident of the state was not required to study in Telangana for 4 continuous years to get admission in MBBS or BDS courses under the domicile quota seats.
The state government argued that the High Court has struck down and watered down the domicile requirement for medical admissions.
Following the High Court’s ruling, the state government has approached the Supreme Court, arguing that since Hyderabad has not been a shared capital for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana since June 2, 2024, it now has the authority to redefine the local candidate criteria in a way that better serves local applicants.
The definition of a local candidate is very important as 85% of the available seats will be allocated to them, while the remaining 15% will be reserved for the All India quota, in which non-local candidates will compete.
The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, agreed to list the matter after senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the state, made a mentioning of it on September 12.
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