High Court Questions Criteria for MDS Seat Denial

…how the state had provided the scholarship to the petitioner if he was not to be considered a local candidate. Advocate-General A. Sudharshan Reddy, relying on a judgment of a coordinate bench, submitted that only candidates who had completed MBBS, BAMS or BHMS in the “local area” defined under the Presidential Order, 1974 could participate in counselling for postgraduate medical courses in Telangana against seats earmarked for local candidates. The Advocate-General contended that merely receiving a Telangana government scholarship for pursuing BDS in an institution in Andhra Pradesh would not confer local candidate status on the petitioner. Treating him as a…

…year 2025-25. The AG maintained that the petitioner, who had been granted a scholarship by the Telangana government to study BDS course in a medical college in Andhra Pradesh, cannot be treated as a local candidate. “ Otherwise, the whole purpose of defining local category criteria would be defeated in terms of the Presidential Order, ” the AG said, presenting his contentions. The petitioner’s counsel, A. Diwakar Reddy, contended that the HC’s coordinate bench order related to medical admissions in Telangana Dental Colleges, including MDS courses.…