INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: Several students from Andhra Pradesh have secured admission in government medical colleges in Telangana state, including the
prestigious Gandhi and Osmania, allegedly in violation of rules, thereby depriving local students of an opportunity to join these top-ranked
institutions.The allotment process adopted by the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) in Phase 2 counselling resulted
in at least 40 students from AP, a majority of whom are otherwise ineligible, making it to the government colleges in Telangana state and
students in Gandhi and Osmania medical colleges who got admission in the un-reserved category in the Phase 2 counselling belong to either
Andhra University or Sri Venkateswara University regions and same is the case with many other government colleges in Telangana
state.Significantly, the NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS), AP, which initially followed the same procedure as KNRUHS, cancelled
allotments of Phase 2 counselling stating that it was faulty
also cancelled Phase 2 counselling citing technical reasons
the faulty procedure in AP and got it rectified
Earlier, he filed a public interest litigation (PIL) and succeeded getting in the AP government to implement the rule of reservation in
remaining 85 per cent are reserved exclusively for local students
quota if she is more meritorious than the student from AU or SVU regions
of the seats.When contacted, KNRUHS registrar Dr Praveen initially tried to justify the decision saying that students from other states did
not join and hence those vacancies would be filled by local students in the Phase 3 counselling
Asked what if they did join the college, he said that the admission committee members would be able to better explain the procedure followed
per the admission procedure adopted by the NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS), the student with Rank 6784 got admission in Andhra
adopted by the Kaloji University of Health Sciences, the student with Rank 1445 got admission in Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, in
students from AU and SVU who would not otherwise have any chance of competing with Telangana state students because of their lower ranks
