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HC stays a clause in GO 555
The High Court at Hyderabad has stayed Para 5(2) of G.O. 555 issued by the then Andhra Pradesh government in 2001 which mandated that if a seat allotted to a reserved category candidate fell vacant, it must be filled with another reserved category candidate only. This aspect of the G.O. has been stayed keeping in view of the Supreme Court judgment in Union of India versus Ramesh Ram case.
Hyderabad: The High Court at Hyderabad has stayed Para 5(2) of G.O. 555 issued by the then Andhra Pradesh government in 2001 which mandated that if a seat allotted to a reserved category candidate fell vacant, it must be filled with another reserved category candidate only. This aspect of the G.O. has been stayed keeping in view of the Supreme Court judgment in Union of India versus Ramesh Ram case.
The division bench comprising of Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice T Rajini gave these interim order on Wednesday, while hearing a petition filed by one Akula Venkata Harsh Vardhan of Potti Sreeramulu Nellore district and two other students challenging the allotment of unfilled MBBS seats in a particular reserved category to reserved category students only as per G.O. 555 as illegal and seeking direction to NTR University of Health Sciences to throw such seats open to all.
The petitioners alleged that candidates who secured lesser marks were being admitted using this G.O. They contended that the Supreme Court judgment in Union of India versus Ramesh Ram case capped the total reservation at 50 per cent, but this G.O. was violative of that order. After hearing the arguments, the bench stayed Para 5(2) of the G.O. and directed the Andhra Pradesh government and NTR University of Health Sciences to file their counter affidavits and adjourned the case to September 18.
