Osmania University assures Telangana HC to incorporate EWS quota in admission process

N Uma informed the High Court that the university did not follow through with the norms and regulations of the State government’s reservation policies despite mentioning it in their admission brochure.

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Osmania University Admissions 2023: Osmania University (OU) on February 15 assured the Telangana High Court that it will incorporate the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservations in the admissions process. The reply came after the HC received a petition against OU and its Directorate of Admissions from a student named N Uma from Chintal in the Rangareddy district. The students stated that the varsity failed to implement the EWS reservations in the PhD entrance test in 2022 conducted by the university.

N Uma informed the High Court that the university did not follow through with the norms and regulations of the State government’s reservation policies despite mentioning it in their admission brochure. The petitioner’s lawyer, Gadipally Malla Reddy, informed the court that the petitioner was denied a seat. In response to the court’s inquiry, OU’s lawyer said the university would comply with the GO on EWS reservations.

The Telangana government had issued GOMs No.244 dated August 24, 2021, to implement EWS reservations in admissions to educational institutions and appointments to posts provided in favour of EWS citizens other than Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the socially and educationally backward classes in Telangana

According to OU’s information brochure for the PhD entrance test in 2022, admission to the PhD course is subject to the norms and regulations of the State government’s reservation policies.The Telangana government had issued GOMs No.244 dated August 24, 2021, to implement EWS reservations in admissions to educational institutions and appointments to posts provided in favour of EWS citizens other than Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the socially and educationally backward classes in the State of Telangana.

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