Hyderabad, Feb. 6 -- The Telangana high court on Thursday upheld the recruitment of 563 candidates for the Group-I posts by Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC) and allowed the state government to proceed with their appointments in various top administrative posts, people familiar with the matter said.

A division bench of the high court comprising chief justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and justice G M Mohiuddin, set aside a previous single-judge order that had suspended the results for Group-I Mains examinations following allegations of malpractices in the evaluation of answer sheets.

The division bench delivered its judgement following arguments over a writ petition filed by the TGPSC and also a group of candidates who had qualified ...