Overview
- The court put in abeyance state orders that split Management Quota Sub-Category-1 PG seats as 85% for Telangana residents and 15% all-India.
- GO Nos. 200 and 201, issued on November 3, 2025, amended 2017 rules to introduce the residency-based division within private unaided colleges.
- The bench noted the amendment prima facie changed the rules after admissions began, as the 2025–26 process started with an October 4 notification.
- The stay is confined to the 2025–26 cycle for private unaided minority and non-minority colleges under Management Quota Sub-Category-1.
- The government has four weeks to file counter-affidavits, petitioners get two weeks to reply, and the next hearing is scheduled for January 19, 2026.