A review petition was filed before the Hyderabad High Court on the recent judgement over maintenance of 50:50 ratio between merit and reserved candidates in professional colleges (including MBBS admissions).
A student K. Urjitha Yadav of Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh filed the petition stating that gross injustice was meted out to the reserved candidates due to faulty implementation of GO 550. The petitioner said that the NTR University of Health Sciences had given conflicting sets of information to the HC and the students.
The petitioner mentioned that authorities informed the High Court that reserved candidates were eating into the 50% of seats meant for meritorious candidates. The same authorities, in reply to a query under Right to Information Act, stated that students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes lost lot of seats because the meritorious reserved candidates were shown as reserved category instead of being shown as open category despite getting seats in the latter category.
Telecast of ‘Samprokshana’
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) board on Monday filed a memo in Hyderabad High Court stating that Anil Kumar, who filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking telecast of ‘Samprokshana’ at Tirumala temple, organises programmes related to Christianity.
Following submission of the memo, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice S.V. Bhatt directed the petitioner to file a counter affidavit. The matter was posted to August 16.
Stay on recruitment
Justice P. Naveen Rao of Hyderabad High Court on Monday stayed the recruitment of junior accounts officers in Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited. Some candidates moved the HC stating that the weightage given to syllabus issued in the notification was not being adhered to. Lawyer Rachna Reddy argued on behalf of the petitioners.
