Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday upheld the state’s existing retention policy, providing only 1% medical admissions level retention to children with Army, Navy and Air Force personnel. A panel comprising acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara dismissed a petition challenging the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana Unaded Non-minority Professional Institutions (Regulations of Admissions into Under Graduate Medical and Dental Professional Courses) Rules, 2007, and the Telangana Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Rules, 2017, which limit the 1 per cent reserve to children of ex-servicemen and serving personnel of the Army, Navy and Air Force, rather than Border Security Forces (BSF) and other Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel. The panel ruled that the classification that distinguishes the armed forces from CAPF personnel is constitutionally valid. The court held that the recruitment process, service terms and conditions of the two categories were different, and a reasonable defense of separate treatment was made under the booking policy. The petition was filed by candidates appearing at NEET and required a 1% quota for MBBS courses. They believe that BSF personnel, such as armed forces opponents, should not be excluded from the reservation of benefits. The state government argues that armed forces personnel retired from childhood and faced employment challenges after serving, with CAPF personnel until they were 60 years old. Citing previous rulings and government policy, the court said the classification was based on understandable differences and there was a rational Nexus to provide reservations. It also observed that while Telangana expands similar benefits in other courses, such decisions are based on policy considerations rather than constitutional mandates.
No violation of power lines
The Supreme Court Justice of the Telangana High Court refused to prohibit the use of Power Grid Corporation (PGC) to lay high-power transmission lines in the Rangareddy area. S. Ravi Kumar and four other agriculologists in Pomalpalle believe the company violated the Indian Electricity Act. Petitioner Attorney S. Krishna Sharma noted that due to respondents’ behavior, risk factors, losses and upcoming agricultural farming obstacles. He said that the laying of high-strength lines will affect humans, livestock and the environment, and laying high-tension DC lines, solar energy, etc. in agricultural land will affect the lives of petitioners. Any action by the government on humans, livestock, environment, and making a living without the consent of the farmers, such as the situation at hand, will seriously affect the farmers. Senior lawyers who appeared in court at PGC noted that the company was exempted from the Indian Electricity Act. In this regard, he also referred to the Apex court’s judgment and stated that laying such high voltage transmission lines is crucial to supplying electricity to southern India. The judge gave the PGC time to submit a written reply and refused to make any interim orders in Interregnum.
Command to protect Meerpet’s road
The Telangana High Court will rule a defense lawsuit challenging allegedly illegal road construction and encroaching on public roads in Chaitanya Hills, Meerpet, Hyderabad city. Judge B. Vijayasen Reddy is dealing with a writ filed by N. Srinivasa Rao, who seeks to target private actions that allegedly raise the level of the road and hinder his home. According to the petitioner, Vamshidhar Reddy, the monk Shankar Reddy illegally raised the road level and occupied the public road 40 feet wide in the front of his house, thus blocking his entrance. The petitioner believes that despite multiple complaints, Meerpet Municipal Corporation and associate engineers failed to take action against the alleged encroachment. The judge ordered informal respondents to be notified and the matter was heard.
