Hyderabad, Nov. 22 -- The Telangana High Court on Friday, November 21 halted the state government's mandate of 85 percent local quota for management seats in postgraduate medical courses.

A bench comprising Telangana chief justice Apresh Singh and GM Mohiuddin put the mandate on hold after hearing a writ petition filed by non-local students seeking admission toPG coursesunder the management category in private, unaided, minority and non-minority colleges.

They argued that until this year, management quota seats were open without any reservation, and the sudden introduction of an 85:15 local-to-all India division after the admission process had already begun was illegal and fundamentally unfair.

Representing the petitioners, senior coun...