Hyderabad: The state govt Thursday removed reservation for students from Andhra Pradesh in undergraduate and postgraduate professional courses, including engineering, in Telangana colleges from the coming academic year.
As per the GO issued on Thursday, 85% of seats will be reserved for local students i.e., students under Osmania University (OU) region, and the remaining 15% – earlier reserved under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, for students from AP falling under Andhra University and Sri Venkateswara University region – will now come under unreserved category.
Along with Telangana students who fall under the OU region, students who resided in the state for a period of 10 years, excluding the 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 govt, public sector corporation, local bodies, universities and other similar quasi public institutions within the state will also be eligible for unreserved quota.
Further, candidates who are spouses of those employed with the state or central govt, public sector corporations, local bodies, universities and educational institutions recognised by the govt and other quasi govt institutions in the state can claim seats under unreserved quota.
The new rules have been brought in as the common admissions between Telangana and AP for a period of 10 years as mandated in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014 concluded this academic year.