The High Court · 2025

Petition Under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith' the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ' order or direction' more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in the Notification for calring UG Medical Admissions 2025-26 Application for admission into MBBS/BDS courses insisting the category sc 1,2 3 issued in GO Ms No' 10 SCD(POA2) Department daled 14-4'2025 by deviating the condition of the 2nd respondent insisting SC only as per the NEET(UG) Entrance Notification in the month of February, 2025 is illegal' arbitrary ' contrary to law and violation of Principles of natural Justice and consequently direct the 2nd respondent not to * :a- -7 insist SC, 1,2,3 to the petitioner into UG for admission into lrrlBBS/BDS courses. Medical Admissions 2025-26 Application l.A.NO: 10F 2025 Petition Under Section 151 cPc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to direct the 2nd respondent to derete the web option of sQ 1, 2, 3 in Go rvs.No. 10 scD(P.A2) Department dated 14-4-2025 instead of sc onry in to the UG Medicar Admissions 2025-26 Application for admission into MBBS/BDS courses as per the 3rd respondent issued notification as per the NEET(uG) Entrance Notification in the month of February' 2025 Rures and Regurations issued in the month of February, 2025 pending disposal of the above writ petition. Counsel for the petitioner : SRI N.SREENIVASA YADAV Counset for the Respond:.n!!o.1 : SRt T.RAMESH, AGp FOR MEDICAL HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE Counset for the Resoonr"Il.I9.Z-, SRt T.SHARATH, LEARNED SC FOR KALoJI NARAYANA RAo UNIVERSiTi #GAiiI, .",.*".. 3;[Hil%fflespondenr No.3: sRrv.r.KALvAN, LEARNED sc FoR w.P.NO :2 1799 0 F 2025 Between: F,#i?ag?i,,#r":ti;ft lf.,tyxt,ie:t#?"$J'ori#itu,?n?f -:L:1?;;.y"1 AND .....PETITIONER 1 2 State of rerangana, Reoresented the principar Secretary, r\4edicar and Hearth Department, Secretariai Hyderabad, Kaloji Narayana Rao University of ie^attfr_Sciences, Rep by its Registrar, Nizampura, Warangal, Telangana 506007.

3. The Director of Examinations National Testing.Agency' NEET (UG) -2025' Ini"try of Education, Govt. of lndia. New -n Department ot ntgne;'Ed*u*;ulion Delhi. .....RESPONDENTS Petition Under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith' the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ' order or direQtionr more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in the Notification for calling UG Medical Admissions 2025 - 26 Application for admission into MBBS/BDS courses insisting the Category SC 1' 2 3 issued in GO Ms.No. 10 SCD(POA2) Department daled 14-4-2O25 by deviating the condition of the 2nd respondent insisting SC only as per the NEET(UG) Entrance Notification in the month of February, 2025 is illegal, arbitrary, contrary to law and violation of Principles of natural Justice and consequently direct the 2nd respondent not to insist SC, 1,2,3 tothe petitioner into UG Medical Admissions 2025-26 Application for admission into tvlBBS/BDS courses' l.A.NO:1 oF 2025 Petition Under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition' the High Court may be pleased to direct the 2nd respondent to delete the web option of SC 1' 2' 3 in GO Ms No' 10 SCD(POA2) Department daled 14-4-2025 instead of SC only in to the UG Medical Admissions 2025-26 Application for admission into MBBS/BDS courses as per the 3rd respondent issued notification as per the NEET(UG) Entrance Notification in the month of February, 2025 Rules and Regulations issued in the month of February, 2025 pending disposal of the above writ petition' Counsel for the Petitioner : M/s P'PADMA RA9-^. counsel for the Respo"al"i'r'r"r t sir r'n'lrvresH' AGP FoR MEDICAL HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE Counsel for the Respond;;i lti;2 : SRI T'SHARATH' LEARNED SC FoR AtoJr NAriAinr.n nao ur.rrvERslry ol!-q+-IH sclENcES counsel for the Respo"a"iitlli-isRl v'T'KALYAN' LEARNED sc FoR CENTRAL GOVT il;';;il ria" tn" following coMMoN oRDER - .31='E :.'' ./ B E HI ST E THEHoN' LE RI STI EG .M.M OHIUDD N Writ Petrtro No .2259 0&2 1799 of 25 n Fleard Mr. N.Srinivas yadav, leamed counsel for rhe peritioner in w.p.No.2 2590 of 2025 ; Mr.p.padma Rao, leamed counsel for the pedrioner in V.p.No.21299 of 2025; Mr. Tandra Ramesh, leamed fusistant Govemment pleader for Flealth, Medical and Family \flelfare Department appeanng for respondent No.1 in both the mafters; Mr. T.Sharath, leamed Standing Counsel for Kaloji Nara).ana Rao Univen ity of Flealth Sciences appearing for respondenr No.2 in both the matters (for shon .the Univeud; Nir. V.T.Kalyaa, iearned Standing Counsel for Crntral Govemment appearing for respondent No.3 in '$7.p.No.2259 O of 2025 and trrIs. L.pranathi Reddy, leamed Senior Standing Counsel for Central Govemment appearing for respondent No.3 in W.p.No.21299 of 2025. 2

2. The sole ground of challenge in these \Writ Petitions' in relation to the procedure of application for admission to I,tsBS/BDS course for the academic year 2025-26' is based upon Section 4 of the Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Resewations) Lct,2O25 (for short 'the Act of ZOZ5), notified on 1'4.04'2025, whereby it has been made clear that the provisions of the Act of 2025 shall not be made applicable to the notificatiors/advertisements' which have dy been issued and not finalized for appointments in ^kr public service or admission into educational institutions' prior to the commencement of the Act'

3. According to the petitioners, advertisement for National Eligibility -cum- Entrance Test (UG) 2025 (for short 'NEET examination) was issued onOT '02'2025' at which point of time' there was no sub-classification of the Schedule C-aste category vrhich has been subsequent$ done by Gazette Notification ') 3 dated 14.04.2025, which operates prospectively. Accord.ing to the petitioners, online application form required to be submined in terms of the notification dated. 15.01.2025 for admission to lvtsBS/BDS course for the academic year 2025_ 25, prescribes for option of Scheduled Gste 1, 2 and 3 sub_ caregories as per notification dated 14.04.2025. The notification for holding NEET examination uide advenisement dated 02.02.2025 dtd require exercise of option as Scheduled Gste candidate only and not under any of the sub_categories brought into effect from 14.04.2025, by Act of 2025. The admission process to MBBS/BDS course has started from 07.02.2025 by issuance of notification for holding NEET examination. The provisions of sectio n 4 of the Act of 2oz5 are being applied rerrospectiyely, which has prevented the petitioners to exercise their option in the SC category, under which they had applied and participated in the NEET \ 4 a examination. Therefore' Petitioners have preferted these tffrit Petitions.

4. Detailed cowrter-affidavit has been filed by the Univeniry. 5 Learned Standing Counsel for the Universiry does not ute that the Act of ZO25 oPerates prosPecdvely to appointments in public sewice or admission in educational irstitutions. The process for admission to the medical institutions in rhe State of Telangana has commenced frcm 15.07.2025 upon issuance of the notification of the same date under the competent authoriry quota for the academic year 2075-26. It is further submimed that participation in the NEET examinarion, r,hich is an eligibility test, iPil f4ct0' does not amount to admission into the MBBS/BDS course for the curent War. It is submfued that notification dated t5-07.2025 is issued for online registration for web-based : I I t I i ,:4.: / 5 counselling to determine state Merit position for admission into competent authoriry quota seats only i.e., the seats in Government Medical/Dental colleges after deducting 15o/o of seats conrributed to AII India erota and Gtegory A seats in Private Un-aided Non_Minority and Minoriry Medical C_olleges, Private Un-aided Non_Minority Dental Colleges including Army College of Dental Sciences, Secunderabad. The admissions to the comperenr aurhoriry quota in the State of Telangana of course would depend upon the cutoff scores or above obtained in the NEET examination. The conduct of NEET examination per rc does nor amount to initiation of admission process in the medical institutions in the State under the competent authority quota. Section 4 of the Act of 2025 full force ro the ongomg would, therefore, apply with admissions to MBBS/BDS course under the competent authority quota in the state of Telangana since it has been initiated after corning into force of the Act of 2025 by 6 notification dated' 15.07'2025' Therefore' the grievance of the petitioners is misconceived'

6. 'We have corsidered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and referred to the relevant dates and notificatiors, which have relevance to the issue 1n controversy'

7. Indeed, the notification for holding NEET examination' which is an eligibiliry test based on the cutoff scores of which' admissiors to medical institutions in the State or AII India quota are canied out, has been issued ot 07 '02'2025' Filowever, passing of the NEET examination or obtaining qurliflrtg marls therein per se does not amount to admission into the medical institutions under the competent authority quota in the State- 8 The process for admission to MBBS/BDS coune under the competent a$hority quota in the State commenced I i I I I + < *.F 7 from 15.07.2025 as perthe said notification. Rule 4 of the Act of 2025 operates prospecdvely and it reads as ,nder: "The provisions of this Act shall not be made applicable to the notifications/adverrisements w4rich have alreadybeen issued and nor ,;;; for appointments in public service or admissions lnto educational institutions, Pnor to the comrnencement of this Act.',

9. From the above, it is ciear that Rule 4 of Act of 2025 shall not be made applicable to notificatiors,/advertisements which have already been issued and nor fndrzEd for appointments in public service or admissions into educational irstitutions prior to rhe commencemenr of the said Act. The process for admission iruo MBBS,/BDS course in the State of Telangana has commenced. on 15.07.2025. Rule 4 of Act of 202i, therefore, does nor operate as against prospective admission process into educational institutions. The grounds to assail the requirement of exercising web option n Scheduled Caste '1.., 2 and 3 suhcategories as per notification 8 datedl4.O4.2O25 axe,therefore, misconceived' anyground to interfere in the instant lVrit Petitions' \We do n6t find

10. Accordingly, the irutant Writ Petitions are dismissed' No costs. fu a sequel, miscellaneous petitions' pending if any' stand closed. //TRUE COPY// SD/- C. DEEPIKA SSTSTANT REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER To

1. Two CCs to GP FOR MED ICAL HEALTH AND Court for the State of Telang ana at HYd erabad 2. One CC to lvl/s P.PADMA RAO, Advoca te IOPUC] 3. One CC to SRI T.SHARATH' LEARNED SC FOR KALOJI NARAYANA RAO 4. One CC to CIENCES SRI V.T.KALYAN , LEARNE D SC FOR CENTRAL GOW' UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH S MILY UT] WELFARE, High N. SREENIVASA YADAV, Advocate (OPUC) Advocate (oPUC)

5. One CC to SRI 6. Two CD CoPies SA PVL M'/ HIGH COURT DATED:19tO9t2O2S COMMON ORDER WP.Nos.22590 AND 21799 of 2025 I I I I 0 7 0[I 2625 .\ ".,,, 'i -. -.:.. t:." DISMISSING THE BOTH WRIT PETITIONS WITHOUT COSTS. \ t \o