Hyderabad, May 9 -- Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana High Court has dismissed a series of writ petitions filed by several private engineering colleges challenging the state government's refusal to approve their proposals for increasing Computer Science Engineering (CSE) intake for the 2024-25 academic year.

The petitioners, which included prominent institutions affiliated with the Malla Reddy and Marri Lakshma Reddy educational groups, argued that government orders issued in late August 2024 were politically motivated and targeted them due to their perceived affiliations with the previous state administration.

Colleges cite earlier ruling

They cited an earlier division bench ruling from August 13, 2024, which had directed the state ...