Vijayawada: The recent Supreme Court order, which found fault with Telangana’s domicile policy on govt quota medical seats through NEET, will not be applicable for Andhra Pradesh, according to Dr NTR University of Health Sciences officials.While the domicile policy in Telangana mandates that a student must have pursued classes 9 to 12 in the state to be eligible for govt quota medical seats, Andhra Pradesh govt has earmarked 15% of seats under the “unreserved category” for non-locals in the state.“Students in Telangana have been facing admission issues under state quota through NEET as 100% seats are reserved under local category. AP has two categories under which 85% of seats across institutions reserved for locals, and 15% of seats unreserved for local/non-local students across two regions — Sri Venkateswara University and Andhra University,” explained Hari Prasad, assistant registrar at Dr NTR University of Health Sciences. Telangana also removed admissions under the sports quota, which further aggravated the issue, he added.Elaborating further, he said students should have completed four consecutive years of study (classes 9 to 12) to be defined as ‘local candidates’ in Telangana and become eligible for admissions under state quota. “For students who complete junior and senior intermediate studies from neighbouring states, AP has the provision of 15% unreserved category seats, allowing them to attain admission even under non-local category into medical courses through NEET,” Hari Prasad clarified.Students/candidates who have resided in the state for a total of 10 years, excluding their periods of study outside the state, or either of whose parents have resided in the state for a total of 10 years excluding periods of employment outside the state, will also be eligible to be defined as local candidate in AP, he said.
