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**Summary:**
The Telangana High Court has issued an interim directive ordering the State government and Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences to allow 34 students to apply as “local candidates” for MBBS/BDS courses for the 2025-26 academic year, even if they didn’t study in Telangana for the four consecutive years preceding their qualifying exam. This ruling stems from challenges to a government order (G.O.) requiring four consecutive years of Telangana education for local candidate eligibility. Similar orders were issued earlier in response to individual petitions, and this latest directive extends that relief to the 34 students. The case is ongoing, and the applications will be subject to the final court ruling.
**News Article:**
**Telangana HC Allows 34 Students to Apply as Local Candidates for MBBS/BDS Admissions**
*Hyderabad, July 24, 2025* – The Telangana High Court has intervened in the ongoing dispute over “local candidate” eligibility for MBBS/BDS admissions, directing the State government and the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences to allow 34 students to apply as local candidates for the 2025-26 academic year.
The interim directive issued on Wednesday by a bench headed by Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar allows these students, who appeared for NEET UG 2025, to register and have their applications processed, even if they did not complete the required four consecutive years of education in Telangana prior to their qualifying examination.
The court’s decision comes in response to petitions challenging Government Order (G.O.) no. 33, mirroring the controversial G.O. no. 114 from 2017, which mandated four consecutive years of Telangana schooling for students seeking to avail the 85% local candidate quota. This requirement has previously been challenged in court, leading to similar interim directives for other students seeking admission in past years.
Senior counsel J. Ramchander Rao argued in previous petitions that the students had strong cases, as the High Court had permitted similar applications in the past.
The court has scheduled the next hearing for July 30th. The fate of the 34 students’ applications remains contingent upon the final outcome of their respective writ petitions. The underlying legal battle over the G.O. and its impact on aspiring medical and dental students in Telangana continues.
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