No more quota for Andhra Pradesh students in Telangana colleges

The Telangana government issues order reserving majority seats to Telangana locals

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh students will no longer have quota for admissions to various professional programmes, including engineering in Telangana colleges, from the forthcoming academic year.

The Telangana government on Thursday issued orders reserving majority seats in professional programmes for Telangana locals only.

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As per the GO MS 15 issued by Education department Secretary Dr Yogita Rana, 85 per cent of the seats will be reserved in each course offered by the educational institutions in the State for local candidates of OU area (Telangana region).

The remaining 15 per cent of seats will come under unreserved. However, candidates declared as locals of OU area are eligible for unreserved category seats.

Further, candidates who resided in the State for a period of 10 years, excluding period of study outside the State, or either of parents who resided in the State for a period of 10 years, excluding employment periods outside the State, are eligible for unreserved quota seats.

As per the order, students who are children of parents who are employed in the State or Central government, public sector corporation, local bodies, universities and other similar quasi public institutions within the State will be eligible for unreserved quota.

Also, candidates who are spouses of those employed with the State or Central government, public sector corporations, local bodies, universities and educational institutions recognised by the government and other quasi-government institutions in the State can claim for seats under unreserved quota.

The government has come up with the new rules as the common admissions between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States for a period 10 years as mandated in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014 concluded this academic year.

So far, 85 per cent of the seats in the HEIs in the State are reserved for Osmania University area (Telangana) locals and the remaining i.e., 15 per cent is open for all, allowing students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh compete for a seat in the 15 per cent quota. This common admission process norm has been followed by Andhra Pradesh as well.