Hyderabad, Dec. 17 -- The Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS) president, Mohammed Faheemuddin Qureshi, on Wednesday, December 17, said the government body only has 40 vacancies, contradicting a Right to Information (RTI) query that revealed over 2,600 teaching and non-teaching posts were lying vacant in the state.

Based on the information obtained through an RTI query filed by activist Kareem Ansari, 2,669 posts are lying in TMREIS, including 72 principal posts and more than 656 junior lecturer posts. The RTI was published by Siasat Urdu newspaper on Tuesday, December 16, and the New Indian Express on Monday, December 15.

Speaking to Siasat.com, Qureshi said all 205 schools under TMREIS have princi...