Their Names Were On The Ineligible List. The Court Took Them Off.
Two nineteen-year-olds were shut out of MBBS and BDS admission for the 2026-27 session on the footing that they were not local candidates.
The Court held the inclusion of the petitioners in the list of ineligible candidates is improper and illegal, and set it aside. They are to approach the University for consideration as local candidates for admission to MBBS and BDS for the academic session 2026-27, whereupon the respondents are to take steps to include their names in the eligible local candidates list. Both writ petitions were allowed.
- Local candidate status decides the seat in a state medical admission, which is why the list matters so much.
- Improper and illegal — the Court's words for the inclusion in the ineligible list.
- The relief is consideration, on an application to the University, not a direct order of admission.
- Two petitions decided together by a common order.
- Court
- High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad
- Bench
- Justice P.SAM KOSHY, Justice NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA
- Citation
- W.P. Nos. 28387 and 28407 of 2026
- Case
- W.P. Nos. 28387 and 28407 of 2026
- Decided
- 25 August 2026
- Outcome
- Writ petitions allowed; ineligible listing set aside
What was at stake
The petitioners, both nineteen and students, were placed on the list of ineligible candidates in connection with admission to the MBBS and BDS courses for the academic session 2026-27.
The two writ petitions were heard and decided by a common order.
What the Court held
The inclusion of the petitioners in the list of ineligible candidates is improper and illegal, and deserved to be — and was — set aside.
The petitioners were directed to approach the University with a request for consideration of their case as local candidates for admission to the MBBS and BDS courses for that session.
The respondents are then to take appropriate steps to include the names of the two petitioners in the eligible local candidates list as local candidates. Both writ petitions were allowed, with no order as to costs.
Who argued it
Appearances as recorded in the judgment of the Court.
Frequently asked
Can a court order my admission if I am wrongly marked non-local?
It will set the ineligible listing aside and direct consideration as a local candidate, rather than order admission directly.
Were both students given the same relief?
Yes. Both writ petitions were allowed by a common order.
Challenging local-candidate status in a medical admission
- Assemble the residence and schooling record against the exact definition in the governing rules before filing.
- Move immediately; counselling schedules do not wait for a writ petition.
- Ask for the ineligible listing to be set aside and for consideration, which is the relief a court will give.
- Join both the State department and the University, as both must act.
Source. High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, W.P. Nos. 28387 and 28407 of 2026, decided 25 August 2026 by Justice P.SAM KOSHY, Justice NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA. This explainer is written from the judgment text as reported.
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