Telangana HC Extends Local Quota to Central Govt Employees' Children for Medical Seats

The High Court in Hyderabad has issued an interim directive stating that children of central government employees must be treated on par with children of state government employees for determining local candidature in MBBS and BDS admissions, pending a formal rule amendment by the state government.

The interim relief also extends to children of employees working in central government corporations and central public sector undertakings who were forced to study outside Telangana because of their parents' official transfers.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Kodimela Samhitha, a NEET-UG qualifier.

The petitioner's father, an employee of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), was posted outside Telangana between 2016 and 2024. As a result of the transfer, Samhitha pursued her education in Andhra Pradesh.

According to the petitioner, the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Rules, 2017, as amended in September 2025, had excluded children of central government and central public sector employees from an exception granted to students unable to complete four consecutive years of study in Telangana due to parental transfers.

The division bench clarified that the relief granted to the petitioner shall operate pro tanto pending the issuance of a formal rule amendment by the Telangana state government.